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How Farm Management Software enables Smart Supply Chain Visibility and Transparency during Covid Crisis?

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   The shift from the traditional agricultural methods to modern farming practices in the agriculture industry is driving the demand for Climate-Smart Farm Management Software to enable Digital Agriculture Supply Chain Management Visibility and Transparency during the Covid-19 Crisis . Agro Supply Chain Management Solutions are primarily concerned with the flow of products and information between the farmer groups,  supply chain member organizations, procurement of materials, transformation of materials into finished products, and distribution of those products to end customers.  Components of Agriculture Supply Chain Management? In the Agri-business, supply chain management (SCM) implies managing the relationships between the businesses responsible for the efficient production and supply of products from the farm producing organisation level to the consumers to meet consumers' requirements and stay reliable in terms of quantity, quality and price. Extensive pr...

Weaving Bales with Bytes: A Case for Cotton Digitalization

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  Cotton has been a profitable crop for the past 7000 years otherwise our ancestors would have dropped it. It is one of the most sustainable fibre. For a very long time, India was known for cotton fabrics, while the rest of the world clad in wool. Today, cotton is cultivated in about 80 countries around the globe. India ranks no. 1 in cotton production, contributing to 33.23% in the total area of the world. One in every four hectares of cotton grown around the world comes from India. The role cotton plays in an agricultural-based economy like India can't be overlooked. With the advent of better hybrids, fertilizers and pesticides in the post-Green Revolution years (the late 1960s), the yield increased multifold and cotton farming prospered in the sub-continent. This surge in supply, accompanied by the changing consumer preferences from tailor-made to readymade garments and popular media influence boosted the cotton textile industry and has created job opportunities for millions of...

Technology can empower farmers to beat COVID blues

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    COVID pandemic has created an unprecedented level of disruption across the world. The sheer nature of the event has pressed the reset button on many traditional practices. From manufacturing to the services sector, this black swan event has brought in a paradigm shift in their operating models. In this context, the agriculture sector is no exception.   Globally, agricultural activity has been severely impacted due to lack of labour availability, restriction on mobility, and closure of key agricultural produce markets amid strict social distancing measures. As a result, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) estimates that as many as 132 million people are likely to go hungry this year owing to the global economic recession. This will be over and above the 690 million people who are facing acute food shortage now. Unless the nations take immediate collective steps, a food emergency in some nations can’t be ruled out. In this perspective, technology can play ...

Sustainable Ocean Ecology - The Key to Feature Food Security

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   Sustainable Ocean Ecology by Farmsio - The Key to future of food security. The growing human population, increase in per capita income and the global shift in the interest for nutritious food is considering raising the demand for Aquatic food resources. As you know marine species feed 17-18% of the world's population. This we can classify into Fresh Water Aquaculture, that is inland freshwater fisheries and Seafood, that is the foods from the sea and marine resources.   Resource constraints like availability of land, proper water quality of required quantity exist. In the future seafood alone can meet the need. Ocean ecosystem provides 80% of the world's biodiversity, so it is highly important to have control over the magnitude of ocean fishing and protect our marine flora and fauna. It is a challenging task to maintain biodiversity. Facts that we should know... 1. 40% of the earth is covered by the common oceans.  2. The common Oceans are not governed by any...