Farmers Embrace Generative AI as Costs Squeeze Margins, McKinsey Report Finds

About 17% of farmers worldwide now use generative AI, making it one of the fastest-growing technologies in agriculture.

In Kerala's Rubber Belt, a Spiky Red Fruit Is Sowing Seeds of a New Farming Future

As Rubber Prices Fall and Tappers Disappear, Kerala Farmers Bet Big on a Spiky Red Fruit

Recent data shows cotton acreage reached 6.318 million hectares by July 5.

Farmers stand to benefit significantly from this innovation.

The country's active storage repositories currently hold over 197 lakh tonnes of product.

Integration of state procurement systems with the central monitoring platform was also discussed to improve transparency.

Additional Secretary Maninder Kaur Dwivedi confirmed that over 2.5 lakh metric tonnes of agrochemicals are ready for use.

Additional natural gas procurement has raised daily output from 54,500 metric tonnes to 67,000 metric tonnes.

Cotton plays a crucial role in India's rural economy, providing livelihood support to nearly 60 lakh farmers.

The development is being seen as a crucial step in reducing dependence on groundwater, a long-standing challenge for Punjab's agriculture.