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Advances in agricultural expertise have made super inroads into the agricultural sector, enhancing manufacturing manifold and creating revolutionary options to fashionable farming challenges, consultants at a webinar have stated.
They had been talking on the subject ‘Agriculture Expertise Revolution’, collectively organised by SRM Institute of Science and Expertise (SRMIST) and The Hindu as a part of their Future Profession Conversations sequence.
Devinder Dhingra, Principal Scientist (Course of Engineering), Agricultural Engineering Division, Indian Council for Agricultural Analysis (ICAR), stated that 47% of farm work was now mechanised, and that the introduction of scientific strategies has led to surplus manufacturing, which has resulted in agricultural produce being exported. Whereas mechanisation of harvesting horticulture crops continued to pose a problem, harvest of subject crops has been largely mechanised, and farmers had been utilizing precision tools for a similar.
“Drones are being actively used for crop administration and spraying of pesticides,” Dr. Dhingra stated, including that crop storage mechanisms have undergone super modifications as nicely.
Poorna Pushkala, CEO, Samunnati Basis, stated the sector has been bolstered by a number of decentralised vitality programs and numerous ad-tech improvements. “We’ve got extremely customised options out there for climatic and geographical situations now. A number of post-harvest applied sciences are additionally out there available in the market created by college students or professionals with lower than 5 years of expertise,” she famous. Anyone with a ardour to resolve issues innovatively would have an area in agriculture, she added.
Leenus Jesu Martin M., Dean, College of Engineering and Expertise, SRMIST, stated that agriculture, initially a stand-alone self-discipline, was now a multi-disciplinary subject with mechanical, automation, and computing engineers all taking part in a giant function within the mechanisation course of. “Synthetic Intelligence and Machine Studying,” he stated, “fashioned the idea of sensible agriculture and the Web of Issues performed a job in connecting numerous farm jobs”.
Jawaharlal M., Dean, SRM Faculty of Agriculture Sciences, stated that the majority branches of engineering and expertise may very well be linked to agriculture. Whereas collective and cooperative farming programs profit employees, high-value crops may very well be produced in low quantity if expertise was linked to farming, he added.
A.M. Jigeesh, Senior Deputy Editor ofThe Hindu, moderated the webinar, which will be accessed beneath:
Printed – Might 23, 2026 10:30 pm IST
