| |MARCH 20209Agritech, combined with geographical location devices and remote sensing advancements, promises to change the way crops will be managed. There is already significant work happening on the use of satellites in capturing images and crop information across farmlands, feeding it back for analysis, and providing actionable intelligence to the farmers. These developments lead to increasing business opportunities in Agritech, and there are already early signs of it. NASSCOM, in its report released in November 2019, estimated investments in Indian Agritech at $ 248 million until July 2019. B2B platforms are emerging as an essential disruptive practice in the agriculture industry, with a particular focus on supply chain efficiency. Scalable interventions are on the anvil from start-ups in creating models using real-time information on the farm, farmer, and crop to enable access to farmers. Even more significant issues such as non-availability of labor or an increase in labor costs are being addressed by tech-based mobile applications.Technology and innovation will be essential to agricultural productivity and stability; however, the key will be to train the small holder farmers by sharing the knowledge and skills needed to improve their productivity. This can be done by implementing practical training sessions and support field demonstrations highlighting profitable and sustainable production practices. By offering small holder farmers quality vegetable seeds combined with knowledge, training, and technology to grow and harvest them correctly, we can make more varieties of more nutritious food available to more people than ever before. This will contribute to better economic returns for the farmer, better food for the consumer, and put us on the path of ensuring food security for the future. Scalable interventions are on the anvil from start-ups in creating models using real-time information on the farm, farmer, and crop to enable access to farmers
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