TECHNOLOGY IN AGRICULTURE - INDIA

GROUP: John Leo Sangram Mohite Swapnil Adhav

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Indian Agriculture has made rapid strides since independence

From food shortages and import to self-sufficiency and exports. From subsistence farming to intensive and technology led cultivation. Today , India is the front ranking producer of many crops in the world. Ushered in through the green, white, blue and yellow revolutions

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Why Technology in Agriculture in India is Important

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 Agriculture is high on the global agenda because of volatile food prices and other factors. Billions of people remain hungry and malnourished. Agriculture, nutrition, and health are linked in important ways, but the three sectors rarely work together toward their common goals. We need to learn much more about how to make new and existing agricultural investments more nutrition- and health-friendly.

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GDP Composition by Sector (2011)

Agriculture 19%

Services 55%

Industry 26%

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Technologies for Sustainable Agricultural Development

Pre & Post harvesting technology Biotechnology Information and Communication technology Global Information System & Remote Sensing

Internet/Intranet Technology

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SOLUTION: NITROGEN FIXATION

This natural fixation process is due to certain micro organisms that live freely within the soil, and on the soil and leaf surfaces; Other micro-organisms are symbiotic with plants, for example, Rhizobia with the legumes & Actinorhizae in rice paddies and other wetlands, Anabaena with Azolla

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 Use of Advanced Machinery and Tools

A German combine harvester

Case IH Module Express 625 picks cotton and simultaneously builds cotton modules.

CTM Johnson Tomato Harvester

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Grain Storage

Machinery Storage
Proper Stacking, Temperature Maintenance and Ventilation ensures Quality of the yield

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 Bt crops: Crops that are genetically engineered to carry a gene from the soil bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt). The bacterium produces proteins that are toxic to some pests but non-toxic to humans and other mammals.

Crops containing the Bt gene are able to produce this toxin, thereby providing protection for the plant. Bt corn and Bt cotton are examples of commercially available Bt crops.

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DACNET
The Vision 2020 document of the Department of Agriculture and Co-operation envisages that "the tools of ICT will provide networking of Agriculture Sector not only in the country but also globally and the Centre and State Government Departments will have reservoir of databases" and also "bring farmers, researchers, scientists and administrators together by establishing "Agriculture Online" through exchange of ideas and information".

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 No idea of Government Schemes Lack of publicity Lack of awareness No Initiative from the people

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 The government of India should take initiatives to contribute towards Agriculture Can help the farmers by converting salt water into good water which will help in increasing the productivity. As government is giving money at the time of flood, they can allocate some amount of money for providing technology. Motivate the people to avail the benefit given by the government.

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Source of Informtion

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Thank you for your kind attention.

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