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Advances in agricultural expertise have made great inroads into the agricultural sector, enhancing manufacturing manifold and creating revolutionary options to trendy farming challenges, experts at a webinar have stated.
They had been talking on the subject ‘Agriculture Technology Revolution’, collectively organised by SRM Institute of Science and Technology (SRMIST) and The Hindu as a part of their Future Career Conversations sequence.
Devinder Dhingra, Principal Scientist (Process Engineering), Agricultural Engineering Division, Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR), stated that 47% of farm work was now mechanised, and that the introduction of scientific strategies has led to surplus manufacturing, which has resulted in agricultural produce being exported. While mechanisation of harvesting horticulture crops continued to pose a problem, harvest of discipline crops has been largely mechanised, and farmers had been utilizing precision gear for a similar.
“Drones are being actively used for crop management and spraying of pesticides,” Dr. Dhingra stated, including that crop storage mechanisms have undergone great modifications as properly.
Poorna Pushkala, CEO, Samunnati Foundation, stated the sector has been bolstered by a number of decentralised power methods and numerous ad-tech improvements. “We have highly customised solutions available for climatic and geographical conditions now. Several post-harvest technologies are also available in the market created by students or professionals with less than five years of experience,” she famous. Anybody with a ardour to resolve issues innovatively would have an area in agriculture, she added.
Leenus Jesu Martin M., Dean, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, SRMIST, stated that agriculture, initially a stand-alone self-discipline, was now a multi-disciplinary discipline with mechanical, automation, and computing engineers all enjoying a giant position within the mechanisation course of. “Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning,” he stated, “formed the basis of smart agriculture and the Internet of Things played a role in connecting various farm jobs”.
Jawaharlal M., Dean, SRM College of Agriculture Sciences, stated that the majority branches of engineering and expertise could possibly be linked to agriculture. While collective and cooperative farming methods profit staff, high-value crops could possibly be produced in low quantity if expertise was linked to farming, he added.
A.M. Jigeesh, Senior Deputy Editor ofThe Hindu, moderated the webinar, which may be accessed beneath:
Published – May 23, 2026 10:30 pm IST