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Science & Technology and Startups in Agriculture

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Relation http://oar.icrisat.org/10438/
 
Title Science & Technology and Startups in Agriculture
 
Creator Bergvinson, D
 
Subject Innovation
Information Technology
Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics
Indian Agriculture
ICT
Digital Agriculture
 
Description The Indian economy is largely agrarian, with around
55%of the population dependent for their livelihoods
on agriculture and allied sectors that generate 15%
Gross Value Added (GVA) (Gol 2017a). Indian farmers
are vulnerable to impacts of climate change, water
scarcity and land degradation. In addition, increasing
fragmentation of holdings, extreme weather events,
rising input costs and post-harvest losses pose an
enormous challenge to sustaining agricultural growth.
There has been considerable expansion and change in
the research and extension system but the key questions
remain: ‘Is this sufficient to Double Farmers ’Incomes by
2022? Is there a need for a different mindset to ensure
agriculture science empowers farmers to reach their
full economic potential? Can such be achieved while
delivering nutrition to the nation as well as within the
ecological boundaries o f India’s natural resources?
This chapter draws on practical experiences
onashift in thinking at the International Crops Research
Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT),
developed while working with a broad range of partners
across thespectrum of Science of Discovery to Science
of Delivery. Core to this modem approach is Demand-
Driven Innovation that leverages participatory research
to engage farmers and key value chain actors to design,
develop and deliver relevant solutions -all with a sense
of urgency. This approach has enabled the compression
of time to deliver technology and knowledge at scale...
 
Date 2018-02
 
Type Conference or Workshop Item
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/10438/1/Science%20%26%20Technology%20and%20Startups%20in%20Agriculture.pdf
Bergvinson, D (2018) Science & Technology and Startups in Agriculture. In: National Conference on Agriculture 2022 - Doubling Farmers' Income, February 19 - 20, 2018, New Delhi, India.