A Conceptual Framework for Addressing the Information of Farmers: A Study on Digital Agriculture

A Conceptual Framework for Addressing the Information of Farmers: A Study on Digital Agriculture

Narendra Kumar Rao Bangole, G.M. Chanakya, Rajesh Pasupuleti
Copyright: © 2023 |Pages: 10
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-9231-4.ch022
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Abstract

The study's main goal is to use technology to stress the adoption of preventative practises where they are missing for the general health of Indian agriculture and the millions of farmers who work there. Pest and disease control, the use of fertilisers and pesticides, seed treatment, seed variety, and pesticide application are all crucial information requirements for each crop. Public agricultural extension programmes frequently fall short because farmers' information demands are not appropriately considered and their information-seeking strategies are not understood. The system intends to provide a new cognition-assisted learning technology-based architecture that will enhance the flexibility and intelligence of existing systems. To provide comprehensive, environmentally safe “crop protection and crop health solutions,” the system's outputs will be utilised to advise farmers on weather forecast, crop productivity, and fertilizer use.
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2. Problem Statement

India now supports 4% of the world's water resources and almost 17.84% of its land population. The loss of crop yield owing to weeds, illnesses, and insect pests is approximately 15.25%. Theoretically, a pesticide should kill the pests it is meant to manage but not unintended species like humans. As opposed to 44% globally, 76% of pesticides are utilized as insecticides in India (Dey et al., 2013). In India, the majority of people (56.7%) work in agriculture and are thus exposed to the pesticides. The farmers may experience long-term health effects as a result.

In order to ensure the general health of Indian agriculture and the livelihood of millions of our farmers, crop protection must go beyond the use of environmentally friendly crop protection pesticides to manage pests (Impact of pesticide use on the health of farmers, 2013). There are 234 insecticides registered in the sub-continent, of which 4 are WHO class la. 15 pesticides fall under WHO class 1b. 76 pesticides, or WHO class 1c pesticides, make about 40% of the pesticides registered in India. These poisons are also ingested in the highest quantities when it comes to volume (Understanding the impact of pesticides on children, 2018).

Top Pesticides consuming states in India.

Table 1.
Pesticides consumption in metric tons
  S. No   State   Total Pesticides Consumed
1   Uttar Pradesh   39948
2   Punjab   29235
3   Haryana   21908
4   Maharashtra   16480
5   Rajasthan   15239
6   Gujarat   13430
7   Tamilnadu   12851
8   All India   210,600

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