Abstract

Peoples lives have been changed to a great extent over the past few decades due to technological changes and those who are working in the agricultural sector has been benefitted in a significant way by the effective use of technology. According to the Mackinsey report 2015, agriculture is the least digitized sector when compared with the health, construction and business. Farmers as well as various other actors in the agricultural sector requires adequate information for the day to day operation of the activities pertaining to crop, pesticides, irrigation, weather, soil and harvesting etc. In this context, Information and communication technology (ICT) plays a pivotal role for the exchange of knowledge regarding marketing of agricultural products, financial institutions for providing loans to the farmer, and providing agricultural related information to the farmers and the middleman in order to make the agriculture a profitable business. Digital agriculture (D-Agriculture) or ICT in agriculture is a common buzzword now-a days. Digital agriculture is the use of ICT and data system to support and development of information for the sustainable agriculture. The present paper is an attempt to examine the innovative use of ICT in agriculture.