Development of Smart Farming Framework

Authors

  • Rajkumar Murugesan
  • Sudarsanam S. K.

Abstract

UN Report on “ World Population Prospects “ dated 17th Dec 2019 has projected that world population to reach 9.7 billion by 2050. India is one among the 9 countries that will make up for greater than 50 % of the projected growth. UN has predicted that world might face food supply challenge due to mismatch between growth in population and crop yield . Root Cause Analysis ( RCA) suggest that quantity and quality of the crop yield has not increased to the desired level. To handle VUCA world (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous ) and address the challenge, traditional methods are no longer sufficient. Solution given by Bill George of Harvard Business School is VUCA 2.0 ( Vision, Understanding Courage and Adaptability ). Doubling the crop yield up to year 2050, will prevent starvation and will help us to move towards UNSD - 2030 Agenda. Innovation is the key to achieve this Big Hairy Audacious Goal (B - HAG), in the age of disruption , agriculture 4.0 and agriculture 5.0. Many countries have started using ICT (Internet of Things (IoT), Machine learning (ML), Deep learning (DL), Unmanned ground vehicles (UGV), Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)) at different stages of farming and enjoyed the benefits But, usage of ICT in farming, is yet to gain popularity in India. Barriers in adoption of technology innovation by Indian farmers includes high investment and lack of knowledge . The paper recommends adoption of Blue Ocean Strategy (BoS), Creative Destruction (CD) and suggest a framework using Trans Disciplinary Research (TDR).

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2020-04-09

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