2024, Vol. 6, Issue 11, Part A

Author(s): Faisal Nadeem, Ghulam Rasool, Musayyab Mustafa, Muhammad Kashif Ali, Muhammad Uzair Farooq and Muhammad Ahmad Arshad

Abstract: Precision agriculture, incorporating elements such as real-time data collection, Internet of Things (IoT), sensors, predictive modelling, and digital farm data, has been viewed as a positive step towards improving farm process efficiency. But this idea is limited to farming, but the current paradigm has to cover the entirety of the food chain. A new paradigm in the entire food systems cycle is expected to be established in India by digital agriculture, also known as Agriculture 4.0. Digital agriculture is an evolution of precision agriculture. It makes use of robotics, satellites, artificial intelligence (AI), big data, sensors, and the Internet of Things. The industries that make up the majority of the country's GDP, industry and services, have made great strides in utilising digital technologies, whereas agriculture has not kept up. Better crop varieties, sound agronomic methods, effective livestock management, agricultural finance and marketing, processing, value chain management, and the creation of "Block Chains" for traceability have all benefited from the advancement of digital technologies. Agriculture should take a cue from other industries and priorities "good data" above "big data." Among the many digital gadgets with a tendency towards extreme usage, smartphones and the internet were used to a great degree. In conjunction with sensors, solar pumps were highly utilized. Drones and energy-efficient tractors, however, were not as useful. The primary obstacles to using digital tools were their high cost, the fact that the costs of technology outweigh the advantages to the economy, a lack of ownership, a lack of knowledge, a lackluster education, a lack of credibility, etc.

DOI: 10.33545/27068919.2024.v6.i11a.1287

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