Department of Bio-Technology (DBT), Ministry of Science & Technology organised ‘Smart Agriculture Conclave’ on 30th- 31st August, 2017 at New Delhi.
DBT in partnership with UK’s Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and Research Councils UK (RCUK) India organized this conclave.
As an outcome of this meeting, The Union Ministry of Science and Technology is planning to create FarmerZone, a collective open-source data platform for smart agriculture by using biological research and data to improve lives of small and marginal farmers.
The FarmerZone will include a MarketZone where farmers can directly sell their produce which can be picked up by directly from the farm.