Digital Transformation of Agriculture: The Future of Farming

Abstract

The agricultural sector is frequently described as the foundation of human civilization. Moreover, one of the key industries in ensuring food security is agriculture. So, it becomes very critical to keep optimizing the agricultural practices to meet the increasing needs over the decades. It is estimated that the world will have an additional 2 billion to feed by 2050. Traditional agricultural practices may not be sufficient to cater the future needs. More over the resources like water, fertile soil may deplete overtime. So, in the vision of sustainability we need modern approaches. This is where Agriculture 4.0 comes into the picture. Agriculture 4.0 provides insights into digitalization of agriculture using various technologies. We will be highlighting a few of the technologies used in the digitization process, like robots, IoT, sensors, AI&ML in this paper. The productivity boost that these technologies provide is substantial. Digital agriculture provides creative ways to reduce climate risk, maximize resource use, and raise agricultural yields by facilitating real- time data collection, predictive modelling, and data-driven decision- making.