In accordance with the report, a sturdy agricultural system is central to a nation's sovereignty, guaranteeing the elemental crucial of meals safety.
Furthermore, agricultural transformation lies on the coronary heart of India's imaginative and prescient to change into a developed nation by 2047, the report titled ‘Reimagining Agriculture: A Roadmap for Frontier Know-how Led Transformation' mentioned.
“Past meals programs, India's agriculture holds the promise of turning into a robust engine of financial development with a quickly advancing bioeconomy sector, projected to achieve USD 300 billion by 2030,” the report mentioned.
Releasing the report, Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra bhai Patel mentioned, “We're constructing a seamless ecosystem that integrates expertise throughout each stage of farming. These improvements are serving to our farmers fight crop illnesses, improve productiveness, and undertake next-generation seeds and instruments that decrease cultivation prices.
Digital integration is not only about enhancing effectivity; it's empowering our farmers, Patel added. The report outlines a strategic imaginative and prescient to harness frontier applied sciences, together with climate-resilient seeds, digital twins, precision agriculture, agentic AI, and superior mechanisation to reinforce productiveness, sustainability, and incomes throughout India's numerous agricultural panorama. NITI Aayog CEO BVR Subrahmanyam mentioned no two farmers in India are the identical, and expertise should replicate that range.
“The actual affect of frontier applied sciences will come from how nicely we customise options — whether or not for a smallholder or a industrial cultivator; a farmer rising staples or a horticulturist,” Subrahmanyam added.
By segmenting farmers into three main archetypes — aspiring (70-80 p.c), transitioning (15-20 p.c), and superior (1-2 p.c), the report gives tailor-made, actionable options delicate to the various challenges confronted by smallholders to industrial cultivators.
The report famous that with the best interventions, India can unlock new ranges of agricultural resilience, inclusive rural prosperity, and world competitiveness in agri-tech innovation.
