Smart Farming

Smart Farming is a farming management concept using modern technology to increase the quantity and quality of agricultural produce. The farmers in this century have access to modern-day technologies like GPS, soil monitoring, and IoT technologies. On similar principle, using Smart Farming techniques, farmers can better monitor the needs of the livestock and manage their nutrition.

An information and technology-based farm management system identifies, analyses and manages variability in fields by conducting crop production practices at the right place and time and in the right way, for optimum profitability, sustainability and protection of the land resource, but in India, one major problem is that more half of operational holdings in the country have size less than 1 Ha (hectare), except Punjab, Rajasthan, Haryana and Gujarat where more than 20% of the agricultural lands have an operational holding size of more than 4 Ha.

The recent innovation technologies based on sustainable agriculture and healthy food production consists of profitability and increasing production, economic efficiency and the reduction of side effects on the environment.

Researches suggest educational and economic challenges are most important in the application of these practices. The variables that contribute to educational challenges, lack of local experts, funds, knowledgeable research and extension personnel have more of an impact compared to others.