Smart agriculture :Ancient wisdom and modern technology

Contributor(s): Punyatoya Patra,Ed | Roshani Devi,Ed | Gaurav Sikka,EdMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Jaipur Rawat 2020Description: xii,255pISBN: 9788131611371Subject(s): Agriculture technology-Innovation | cultivation techniques | India-Agriculture | Modernisation -AgricultureDDC classification: 631 Summary: Smart Agriculture is an effective combination of the ancient agricultural knowledge and use of modern technology, which not only takes care of environment, soil and human health, but also provides food security to the country. The ancient wisdom points towards natural resources based sustainable agriculture with focus on soil fertility, recycling and organic farming. Modern technology and use of sophisticated machinery and ICT facilitate faster and efficient production. Smart Agriculture promotes sustainable increase in agricultural productivity and income, adapting and building resilience to climate change and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The motive of the current volume is to address the problems and prospects of the use of Smart Agriculture. The volume includes scholarly research conducted on the subject. It reviews the diversified issues related to Smart Agriculture and offers solutions for its sustainable development. Divided in three sections, Section 1 deals with the vision of Smart Agriculture; covering different innovative/modern technologies that sustain agriculture in urban and peri-urban areas, vision on Digital India, food distribution system, food security, crop insurance and other grim realities of the Indian farmer. Section 2 provides a roadmap to Smart Agriculture through ten case studies. The last Section 3 has chapters on voices from the grass roots. Illustrated with satellite imageries, maps, photographs and tables, the book will serve as a reference book for the undergraduate and post-graduate students, researchers, professionals and community members with a common goals of ensuring long term sustainable development in agricultural sector.
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Smart Agriculture is an effective combination of the ancient agricultural knowledge and use of modern technology, which not only takes care of environment, soil and human health, but also provides food security to the country. The ancient wisdom points towards natural resources based sustainable agriculture with focus on soil fertility, recycling and organic farming. Modern technology and use of sophisticated machinery and ICT facilitate faster and efficient production. Smart Agriculture promotes sustainable increase in agricultural productivity and income, adapting and building resilience to climate change and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
The motive of the current volume is to address the problems and prospects of the use of Smart Agriculture. The volume includes scholarly research conducted on the subject. It reviews the diversified issues related to Smart Agriculture and offers solutions for its sustainable development. Divided in three sections, Section 1 deals with the vision of Smart Agriculture; covering different innovative/modern technologies that sustain agriculture in urban and peri-urban areas, vision on Digital India, food distribution system, food security, crop insurance and other grim realities of the Indian farmer. Section 2 provides a roadmap to Smart Agriculture through ten case studies. The last Section 3 has chapters on voices from the grass roots. Illustrated with satellite imageries, maps, photographs and tables, the book will serve as a reference book for the undergraduate and post-graduate students, researchers, professionals and community members with a common goals of ensuring long term sustainable development in agricultural sector.

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