Problem Statements

Mechanization of Farming & Allied Activities ✓ Mechanized puddling, seeding, transplanting, weeding, harvesting of field and plantation crops
✓ Mechanization of hilly agriculture, horticulture, protected cultivation, apiary, livestock, poultry, and fishery
✓ Gender friendly small farm mechanization including powered multifunctional equipment
✓ Add on, cost-effective technologies for enhancing the efficiency of existing agro-machineries. Precision Agriculture including applications of sensors, WSN, ICT, Artificial Intelligence, IoT & drone ✓ Monitoring & management of water quality, soil fertility, and health, crop growth and health (pest and diseases, macro & micro-nutrients, water)
✓ Variable Rate Technology (VRT) & Robotics
✓ Precision livestock farming and aquaculture
✓ Data analytics and digital extension including market intelligence Supply Chain & Agriculture Logistics ✓ Blockchain technology for traceability of agri-produce from Farm to Fork
✓ Cost-effective sensor-based real-time monitoring & management of storage and transport system
✓ IT-based agriculture logistics including custom hiring services Post-Harvest, Food Technology & Value addition ✓ Development of devices for assessing quality, grading & sorting, processing of agri-produce
Development of biodegradable and smart packaging materials
✓ Environment-friendly cost-effective mobile technologies at the farm gate for processing and value addition
✓ Manufacturing of functional, ethnic, alternate plant-based food and consumer products Waste to Wealth & Green Energy in Agriculture ✓ Solar-powered technologies for farm operations and post-harvest drying and storage
✓ Ex-situ and in-situ management of agri-residues
✓ Innovative products from agro-residues आत्मनिर्भर कृषि