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The Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Budget 2022, laid great stress on digitizing and technology orientation for the agriculture sector, but why?? According to a survey, in 2020, the total share of agriculture in world GDP went up to 10-11% for 146 countries! The contribution of the agriculture sector has been only growing! Let’s talk about India! Did you know that approximately 70% of the rural population depends on agricultural activity to run their household and contributes a margin of 17-18% to the GDP? Yes, that is correct! Indeed, agriculture has a significant impact on humanity, and so it’s only fair to evolve in the sector that contributes at such a large magnitude, right! Times have been ever-evolving and ever-changing, from building the first tool to inventing the magnetic compass. The biggest benefactor would undoubtedly be technology. Technology has seeped everywhere, even to the remotest of the fields, and hence farming too! Technology has a massive impact on the...

Beginning March, India is heading towards the summers of 2020. Over the years in each summer season, deaths have been reported in India due to heat waves –  a period of abnormally high temperatures more than the normal maximum temperature that occurs during the summer season .  For instance, the heat wave of 1988 caused an estimated number of 1300 deaths and likewise, the year 1998 and 2003 caused deaths of about 2042 people and 3054 people, respectively. The year 2015 saw the   fifth deadliest heat wave in Indian history that was reported to have caused more than 2,300 deaths between March and June.  Last year (2019), temperatures in the first week of June steadily soared, with many regions in most Indian states experiencing heatwave conditions. Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Maharashtra were among some of the worst-affected states from the extreme heat, having experienced the longest spells of dry weather and extreme heat conditions. Other states, li...

 The 21-days  lockdown implemented by the government to curb the spread of coronavirus had a huge impact on different sectors of the economy, especially agriculture. Economists have forecasted serious disruptions in India’s rural economy. Agriculture contributes around 17 percent in the GDP growth of the country and is responsible for the income and livelihood of more than 55 percent of the Indian population.  This is a ‘never-seen-before’ situation for the agri sector as it is already reeling under distress due to shrinking farmer landholdings, low support prices, poor income and erratic climatic conditions. This is a much greater challenge that has come its way. The sudden lockdown has raised serious challenges for agriculture and its allied sectors. Though the government announced several exemptions for agricultural activities and safety measures for the farm operations, the unprecedented lockdown created panic among migrants and agri-workers as they immediately left f...