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Part 2 - Is Indian Agriculture Ready for

Gadgetization?
Aug 10, 2015

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Toputsimply,fromatechpreneurspointof
view,Indianagricultureisstillprobablyin
thePaleolithicperiod,fallingway
behinditsWesterncounterpartsintermsof
achievingefficiencythroughuseof
technologicalinterventions.

#Myindustry

ThecountryseemstocontinuetobaskinthegloryofGreenRevolutionbeing
obliviousoftheimminentneedtomakeprogress.(Thiswassuccinctlynarratedin
astoryinTheEconomistentitledFarminginIndia:Inatimewarp.)Oneofthe
mainreasonsforsuchlacklusterattitudescouldpossiblybetheentrenched
politicizationofpoliciesandthefirmgripofthegovernment.Thisisprimarily
limitingtheabilityandprospectsofinvolvementbytheprivatesector.
Butthereispromiseforabetterfutureintherelentlessoptimismofagrowing
classofpassionateandyoungentrepreneursinthecountry.
Technologicalinnovationinagriculturegloballyhasbecomeoneofthehottest
andmostdebatedtopicsrecently.Thesector,particularlyintheWest,is
witnessingahugeinfluxofnewentrantsandinnovativetechnologiesattempting
totakeagribusinesstothenextlevel.Understandably,muchofthebuzzis
occurringindevelopedWesterncountries,whichhaveindustrialscale
agribusinesswithlargeraveragelandholdingsthantheirAsiancounterparts.
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Avinash Desamanagalam !! Appreciate your comment. In one of the
paragraphs (if you read the full article), I mentioned "...[e]ach of the above
issues that currently affect agriculture in India is providing opportunities for
the passionate and skilled entrepreneurs to innovate and create solutions..."
Agree that many cycles must be leapfrogged.That's what I mean by
"systematic and gradual progression" in my comment below. Am sure you
also mean not to skip them but cross them quickly. I intend to convey the
message first we need to ensure those most basic things to make agriculture
a viable business for a farmer and then expect him to improve its efficiency
through technology.
Lets take a different perspective.
Water is completely free for the farmers and flooding is the most common
means of irrigation. Unless there is extreme scarcity, huge bill and/or any
effective regulation, where is the motivation for them to use "soil moisture
sensors" to know when to irrigate and think about water use efficiency?
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Avinash Desamanagalam

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Very shallow and very narrow analysis... It's the problems that he has
mentioned that tech needs to solve!! If the author thinks his customers
(farmers) will get ready and then adopt tech, he's going on the wrong path!!
Many cycles have to be leapfrogged
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Raghavan Sampathkumar

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@Parag Rastogi !! You are absolutely right. If the western countries are
talking about tech in agriculture now, it means the sector there had
undergone systematic and gradual progression to become more efficient
including mechanization. Similar to larva --> pupa --> butterfly process.
Expecting India's agriculture sector (which is plagued by several diseases but
most importantly, "Politicization") to do so without undergoing the process is
rather intellectually foolish.
Gadgets, apps, hi-tech machines and even services (as contractual farmers)
will only remain cosmetic until fundamental operating principles and policies
are changed.
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9 days ago

Parag Rastogi

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Hi Raghavan, would you keep Gadgetization & Mechanization in swapping
position? If not then before Gadgetization; Indian farming would require
Mechanization. As rightly put that Indian farming is marked by extremes of
Mech & UnMech areas, even within states. Different states are at different
stages of Mech-level. So what should be the approach? Should all states be
bring on same level first and then gadget-revolution be started?
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