Smartphone penetration empowers farmers with a splash of technology
2 years, 8 months ago

Smartphone penetration empowers farmers with a splash of technology

Firstpost  

Smartphones have made the dissemination of information a child’s play. Until 2003, 60 per cent of the Indian farmers complained about having no access to information or modern technology, leading to unforeseen losses. Smartphones allow farmers to benefit from technologies like Big Data, predictive analytics, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. Apps like Kisan Suivdha and Krishi Mitr have been specially designed to provide information regarding fertilizers, subsidies, new crop varieties, current weather, predictions for the upcoming days as well as market prices of commodities in nearby mandis, among other things. Some disruptive apps launched by these organizations include ‘harvest the farm calendar’, giving farmers all the insights required for end-to-end cultivation.

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India Today  

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1 year ago

US farms are making an urgent push into AI. It could help feed the world

BBC  

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The Quint  

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The Hindu  

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7 years, 3 months ago

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India TV News  

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Mobile Harvest
11 years, 3 months ago

Mobile Harvest

Al Jazeera  

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11 years, 5 months ago

Crop of high-tech farmers sows results with apps in US

Firstpost  

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