AgrotechVarshaKrishi reads 18 months of satellite history for a farmer's own field and sends one short weekly message in Marathi, Hindi or English, its founder Tanmay Sahare writes.
AgrotechA Grow Asia and IFAD report drawn from four years in Cambodia, the Philippines and Vietnam says digital agriculture lacks a delivery system, not technology, and calls for public digital infrastructure and farmer-centred design.
The CGIAR Scaling Fund, now in its third year, has chosen eight innovations for grants and scaling support, from the My Farm Trees platform and AKILIMO crop advice to pay-as-you-go solar irrigation and rice parboiling.
The IDs, built under the Digital Agriculture Mission, are meant to let farmers prove eligibility once for credit, crop insurance, subsidies, procurement and disaster relief; over six crore farmers have already received benefits through them.
OpinionIn a column in Ittefaq, Samiran Biswas argues that AI, IoT and drones will help farmers decide in time, but unless the technology reaches smallholders it will widen inequality.
Two UK farm advisers say a lack of confidence, limited training and doubts about the benefits keep many farmers from using artificial intelligence, and suggest starting with one dull task.
CropsIRRI and Vietnamese partners ran six trainer workshops on precision nutrient management and the Rice Crop Manager app, a digital tool that gives field-specific fertiliser advice, for nearly 750 farmers, extension staff and cooperative leaders.
AgrotechClive Bailye's AI farming agent, Giles, watched the government site, filled in his Sustainable Farming Incentive form when the window opened and had it ready to review by 10.30am; the pot closed at 3.48pm.
AgrotechAgritistics' Stefan Corbett says farmers already hold more data than they think, and that notebooks, WhatsApp or a spreadsheet are enough if every reading is taken the same way.
AgrotechThe food and agriculture sector logged 227 ransomware incidents through July, up from 140 a year earlier, and connected farm equipment widens the risk, a threat-intelligence group warns.
AgrotechHalf of surveyed farms now have mobile coverage over less than half their land, one in seven had to replace working equipment, and only two of 126 reported problems have been fixed.
AgrotechThe single-window portal links PM-KISAN, AgriStack and crop insurance with eligibility checks, direct applications and DBT payments, and is built to run on basic smartphones with weak connections.
AgrotechJohn Deere is expanding its Operations Center so farmers can document no-till, cover crops and nutrient management for the Biofuel Feedstock Report that ethanol and biodiesel makers need to claim extra 45Z tax credits.
