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Smart Agriculture Conclave - New Delhi

September 2 , 2017 2639 days 1280 0
  • 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.

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