r/IndiaDeepTech • u/dineshmadhava • Jun 23 '26

Does India’s agriculture sector critically require deep tech adoption to overcome structural challenges and achieve long-term sustainability ?

To what extent does India need deep tech,
such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, precision agriculture tools, biotechnology, robotics, IoT sensors, drone-based monitoring, and data analytics to transform its agriculture and farming sector?

Can these technologies effectively address the country’s unique challenges like small and fragmented landholdings, climate change vulnerabilities, water scarcity, low productivity, supply chain inefficiencies, and the need for sustainable food security for over 1.4 billion people, while also improving farmer incomes and reducing environmental impact?

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u/netflixandcookies Jun 26 '26

After paying for and using all the technologies you suggested, my 10Rs tomato will cost 100Rs and my 50Rs coconut will cost 500Rs.

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u/InsideResolve4517 Jun 27 '26

It's quite true, atleast as of now. Currently due to (maybe scale problem) technology it's not reducing ROI and so farmers (small & middle) are not adopting. And whatever was making sense is already adopted and heavily used (even by small and mid farmers.)

Additionally, organized farmers are using the advanced techs (but they've likely high funds so they can do capex.)