Impact of IOT on Agriculture in India

Abstract

Farming industry will, perhaps, become more important than ever before in the next few
decades. India needs to produce 60% more food in 2050 than it did in 2017 to feed the growing population.
To meet this demand, farmers and agricultural companies will be forced to adopt more modern techniques of
farming and monitor their produce. Issues concerning agriculture, rural farmers have always been hindering
India’s development due to lack of awareness of technologies. The only solution to these problems is
agricultural modernization. However, India’s agriculture is far from modernized.
Technological modernization in Indian farming is nothing new. Handheld tools were the ideals hundreds of
years ago, and then the Industrial Revolution brought about the mechanization of Cotton Spinning. The
1800s brought about the evolution of handling loose grain in bulk, chemical fertilizers, and the first
petrol/diesel powered tractor. And finally moving to the late 1900s, when farmers started using satellites to
plan their work. One such solution modernizing the Farming techniques all over the world is the Internet of
Things.
IoT is set to thrust the future of farming to the next level. Smart agriculture is already becoming very
common among big farmers, and high-tech farming is quickly becoming the standard thanks to agricultural
drones and sensors.
This presentation/article we will try to outline IoT applications in agriculture and how "Internet of Things
farming" will help farmers meet the world's food demands in the coming years with least investments.