future in agriculture

1. Future prospects of Indian agriculture
By Manavi bisht
ID: 20104
Submitted to : Dr. Arunima paliwal

2. • Gross Value Added (GVA) for agriculture
sector - 17.67 trillion (INR) in 2018 over
production base of 285 m tones
• Agri. sector - likely to grow at 2% yearly
(approx.)
• As per the report in the year 2018, people
employed in the agriculture sector are 50%.
• Being a key economic driver – agri. sector
needs to adapt (and combat) to the various
challenges that it is facing today .
• To give a boost in stagnant agricultural
growth - a shift from concentrating on India’s
food security to focusing on farmers' income
security must be made
Indianagriculture

3. Problems we are facing
1. Farmable lands continues to lose
fertility and increasing soil
degradation.
2. 40% of landmass is arid.
3. As global temperature rises, more land
will turn into deserts.
4. It takes 1500 litres of water to
produce 1kg of wheat.
5. Food production is already responsible
for 70% of world’s water consumption.
6. It takes 16000 litre of water to
produce 1kg beef

4. India will become the world’s most populous nation till 2050 ,by 2050 we will needtwice as
muchas water we need today

5. Decreasing land
fertility due to soil
degradation
therefore
speeding
desertification

6. There are four major components
of industrial competitiveness:
1.Energy costs
2.Costs of capital (borrowing or
raising money)
3.Logistics and supply chain
4.Labour (including skills)
The recent downfall of income
in the agricultural sector has
de-motivated thousands of
farmers in this sector.

7. Steps that shouldbe taken
•The considerable supply chain must be introduced to link
the domestic as well as international market.
•Better mandi system should be introduced.
•Research on agriculture, as well as improvement of
policies in this sector, is essential.
• Initiation of profit-making in farming with well
experienced agricultural strategists.
•The agricultural sector must be treated as a business. Also,
the farmers should be regarded as the entrepreneurs of that
business.
•The plan must be made to extend the irrigation area for the
growth in the sector.
•Educating the framers to bridge the knowledge gap.
•Making some improvement in the incentive structure of
the farmers.

8. •There must be a proper promotion of the areas like animal
husbandry as well as fisheries.
•Credit-lending must be quite affordable.
•The micro-level initiative must be propelled for effective
growth in agriculture.
•Must have refocused on the land reforms that is losing its
importance in the present days.
•Watershed development is another step for improving the
yield of the agriculture sector.
•The rainwater harvesting must be initiated to make the
future of agriculture strong.
•Another step must be water harvesting to improve
agricultural production.
•Smart agriculture is sustainable agriculture that uses
technologies such as Big Data, cloud-based services, GPS,
and IoT.

9. Digital E-mandi platform by government
To help farmer escape the
chains of middleman

10. Agri-tech startups that brought Revolution
Agribazaar:
Founded in 2016, Mumbai-based Agri Bazaar is an online
platform that helps connect farmers, traders, banks, enterprises
and governments. Modelled on the traditional Mandi system, the
startup provides a digital platform for small farmers and
merchants to directly sell and buy farm produce without the
involvement of middlemen. In this case, the farmers receive
payment directly in their bank accounts via e-wallet AgriPay.
Apart from connecting the sellers and buyers, AgriBazaar also
provides last-mile logistics support.
Krishi Hub:
KrishiHub was founded in 2016 with an aim to empower
farmers through technology, design, and data science. Driven by
demand, KrishiHub procures fresh vegetables directly from
farmers and delivers them to businesses such as restaurants,
canteens, and hostels. The startup uses an AI-powered supply
chain to undertake farm-to-doorstep delivery.

11. sustainable agriculture also helps the Agriculture
industry in volumes. Sustainable agriculture is
farming done with a goal to meet society’s food and
textile needs in the present without compromising the
ability of future. Sustainable agriculture also helps to
achieve and maintain a sustainable food supply. This
helps in the overall growth of the agriculture industry.
Sustainable agriculture
Based on a multi-pronged goal, sustainable agriculture
seeks to:
•Increase profitable farm income
•Promote environmental stewardship
•Enhance quality of life for farm families and
communities
•Increase production for human food and fiber needs

12. Sustainablefarming methods and practices
Permaculture
It is a design system that applies principles that are found in
nature to the development of human settlements, allowing
humanity to live in harmony with the natural world.
Permaculture is a food production system with intention, design,
and smart farming to reduce waste of resources and create
increased production efficiency.
Natural pest management
One of the main aims of sustainable agricultural practices is the
prevention of the use of synthetic pesticides and other chemicals
that should suppress pest infestations and pathogen.
They achieve this through the set of practices that strengthen
natural resilience of crops and practices that interrupt pest
cycles.
intercropping and crop rotations are among the methods that
have proven successful as they disper preferred food sources of
pests by blending in crops they do not favor.

13. What is a hydroponic system?
Hydroponics refers to the soilless techniques used to grow plants. There are a number of varieties of hydroponic systems,
including aquaponics where live fish are used to provide fertilizer for the plants, traditional hydroponics which involves
adding chemical solutions of the required nutrients, and aeroponics which uses a nutrient-infused mist. Hydroponic systems
can be grown in a greenhouse using natural light, or more commonly in a vertical system using LED lights, to save space.

14. Vertical farmingor 3D farming
Vertical farming is the practice of growing crops
in vertically stacked layers. It often incorporates controlled-
environment agriculture, which aims to optimize plant growth, and
soilless farming techniques such as hydroponics, aquaponics, and
aeroponics.
But it has some limitations , not all kinds of crops can be grown by
it

15. Is [Internet of Things]IoT the Future of Agriculture?
IOT smart farming based system can be developed for
monitoring the crops with the help of sensors like humidity light
temperature soil moisture and automating irrigation system using
IoT sensors to collect environmental and machine metrics,
farmers can make informed decisions, and improve just about
every aspect of their work – from livestock to crop farming.
IOT can make agriculture more efficient by
• Global connectivity through any devices
• Minimizing human efforts
• Faster access
• Time efficiency
• Efficient communication

16. Application is IOTand Artificial intelligence (AI)—
• Crop and Soil Monitoring– crop and soil health can be
monitored with sensors.
• Supply Chain Efficiencies– Real-time data analytics can
be used for the efficient and smart supply chain.
• Agricultural Product Grading -Crop diseases or pest
infestation in the crops can be accessed by an image on a
farmer’s phone and determine the product quality in real
time, without any manual intervention. Farmers just need to
know the operation of an app on their phone.
• Agriculture drones: Today, agriculture is one of the major
industries to incorporate drones. Drones are being used in
agriculture in order to enhance various agricultural
practices.
• Livestock Monitoring- Large farm owners can utilize
wireless IoT applications to collect data regarding the
location, well-being, and health of their cattle. It also lowers
labor costs as ranchers can locate their cattle with the help
of IoT based sensors.

17. Precision agriculture/satellite
farming/site specific crop management
– farming management concept based on observing,
measuring and responding to inter and intrafield variability in
crops - this practice has been enabled by the advent of GPS,
GIS, RS, etc.
precision farming can be thought of as anything that makes
farming practice more controlled and accurate when it comes to
raising livestock and growing crops.
precision farming can be thought of as anything that makes
farming practice more controlled and accurate when it comes to
raising livestock and growing crops.
Precision agriculture is one of the most famous applications of
IoT in the agricultural sector and numerous organizations are
leveraging this technique around the world.
CropMetrics is a precision agriculture organization focused on
ultra-modern agronomic solutions while specializing in the
management of precision irrigation.

18. Organic farming
It is a farming system aimed at cultivating the land and raising crops with
maintaining the fertility of the soil with good health by use of organic wastes such
as crop, animal and farm wastes, aquatic wastes and other biological materials
along with beneficial microbes (bio-fertilizers).
Organic wastes also help in releasing nutrients to crops for increased sustainable
production in an Eco-friendly pollution-free environment. Organic farming carried
out with diverse crops results in farming productivity and will scale up farmers’
income as well.
Advantages:
• Maintain and improve fertility, soil structure and biodiversity
• Reduce soil erosion/degradation
• Reduce the risks of human, animal, and environmental exposure to toxic
materials
• Improving farming practices to meet local production conditions and satisfy
local market

19. What is Contribution of agricultural biotechnologyin buildingthe future of Indian
agriculture ?
Biotechnology has the potential to develop crops far more
resistant to disease, requiring less nutrients from the ground
and able to survive harsh conditions.
In future, biotech researchers also hope to improve the
nutritional quality of these foods - increase calorific yield
rather than crop volume yield, potentially meaning we will
need to grow less which will also lead to less take up of land.
GM Crops
Genetically modified crops (GM crops) are plants used in
agriculture, the DNA of which has been modified using
genetic engineering methods.
Example Bt cotton is pest resistant.

20. 1. Food supplies become predictable: When crop yields become
predictable, then the food supply becomes predictable at the same time.
2. Nutritional content can be improved: Genetic modifications do more
than add pest resistance or weather resistance to GMO crops. The nutritional
content of the crops can be altered as well, providing a denser nutritional profile
.
3. Genetically modified foods can have a longer shelf life.
genetically modified foods make it possible to extend food life by enhancing the
natural qualities of the food itself.
4. It creates foods that are more appealing to eat.
Colors can be changed or improved with genetically modified foods so they
What Are the Advantages of Genetically Modified crops ?
5. Genetically modified foods are easier to transport.
Because GMO crops have a prolonged shelf life, it is easier to transport them
greater distances.
6. Herbicides and pesticides are used less often.
Farmers growing genetically modified foods do not need to use these products
because of the genetic resistance being in the plant itself.

21. Conclusion
To conclude, agriculture in India suffered a lot due to different reasons. But, even after all these evil, the future of
agriculture with regards to job opportunities and career is not low. There are many colleges and universities that conduct
several diploma and degree courses. Many new startup has also helped Indian agriculture to sustain and many new
technologies will continue to better agriculture in near future