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Agriculture
Innovative Solutions Aim to Boost India's Food Production with Less Resources
✍️ BusinessLine
🗓 15 Nov 2026, 03:13 PM
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BusinessLine explores how emerging technologies and innovative practices could help India increase food output while conserving resources.
India faces the dual challenge of a growing population and finite natural resources. Experts highlighted in BusinessLine argue that leveraging modern technologies—such as precision farming, biotechnology, and digital platforms—could raise crop yields without expanding agricultural land.
The report cites examples where satellite imaging and AI-driven analytics enable farmers to apply water, fertilizers, and pesticides more efficiently, cutting waste and environmental impact. Additionally, advances in seed genetics are projected to produce varieties that tolerate drought and salinity, further safeguarding output.
Policy makers are urged to create supportive frameworks that accelerate research, subsidise equipment, and facilitate knowledge transfer to smallholders. If these measures gain traction, the country could move closer to feeding its projected 1.6 billion citizens by 2050 while preserving its ecosystems.
Stakeholders, including agritech startups, research institutes, and farmer cooperatives, are already piloting such solutions across several states, indicating a growing momentum toward a more sustainable agricultural future.
The report cites examples where satellite imaging and AI-driven analytics enable farmers to apply water, fertilizers, and pesticides more efficiently, cutting waste and environmental impact. Additionally, advances in seed genetics are projected to produce varieties that tolerate drought and salinity, further safeguarding output.
Policy makers are urged to create supportive frameworks that accelerate research, subsidise equipment, and facilitate knowledge transfer to smallholders. If these measures gain traction, the country could move closer to feeding its projected 1.6 billion citizens by 2050 while preserving its ecosystems.
Stakeholders, including agritech startups, research institutes, and farmer cooperatives, are already piloting such solutions across several states, indicating a growing momentum toward a more sustainable agricultural future.