Connecting Farmers to Knowledge, Networks and Institutions for Agroecological Sustainability

摘要

Agriculture systems need a radical transformation to ensure sustainability in food production and global food security. Digital agriculture technologies are contributing their role towards this transition by providing new ways of visualizing and measuring the impact of various farm practices, communicating required changes and ensuring connectivity among participants of the food supply chain. Digital agriculture services combined with ecological farming practices help farmers deliver greater efficiency in farm resource utilization. This paper focuses on, how anupashyana farming system supported by digital agriculture services can empower farmers by improving their yields and hence financial returns while ensuring agroecological sustainability. Enhancing the ability of farmers to connect with the knowledge, networks, and institutions is necessary for improving their productivity, operational efficiency, and helps in the creation of employment opportunities in rural areas. It is a fundamental development challenge in most of the lower and middle-income group countries as farmers are struggling for ensuring the socio-economic well being of their dependents and future generations. In such conditions, these technological interventions blended with ecological farming practices are proving their worth for delivering long term benefits to our communities, economy, environment and the entire ecosystem.