The Potential of Information Technology in Agriculture
Keywords:
Information and communication technologies, agriculture improvement, agri- business electronic commerce.Abstract
This paper discusses, using the example of India, agriculture (policies, strategies, structure) and the role of information technology. The agro industrial sector in developing countries is faced with challenges, such as requirement for increase of food production, yield and creation of opportunity for employment of rural and poor population. In addition, the agricultural sector is influenced by global factors and fast change. However, the potential of IT is not fully utilizing in agriculture. Implementation of IT in agricultural sector and rural areas is relatively slow in comparison to the other sectors of the economy where contemporary IT has been implemented at high pace. These facts indicate that there is great need for information and information technologies, which can be used to cope with the challenges and changes and to improve agricultural production and marketing
The aim of the paper is to analyze role, potential, and contribution of IT in agri-business and to explain opportunities for use of IT in many fields of agricultural sector. Our findings are based on economic theory and available literature, and they suggest that IT has great potential for supporting farmers and the other stakeholders in improvement of efficiency, and productivity of agriculture. However, the stakeholders must come up with many limitations and problems in IT implementation and use.
How to cite this article:
Smita MSS, Mishra KR. The Potential of Information Technology in Agriculture. J Adv Res Pub Poli Admn 2021; 3(1): 16-20.
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