PRECISION FARMING DEVELOPMENT CENTERS IN INDIA

THE NEED FOR PRECISION FARMING IN INDIA

The basic steps in precision farming are,

i)  Assessing variation

ii)  Managing variation and

iii)  Evaluation

 

Precision Agriculture has been mostly confined to developed countries. Reasons of limitations of its implementation in developing countries like India are:

a) Small land holdings,

b) Heterogeneity of cropping systems and market imperfections,

c) Lack of technical expertise knowledge and technology (India spends only 0.3% of its agricultural Gross Domestic Product in Research and Development)

d) High cost.