Agriculture Technology: 2 IoT incubation centres for smart agriculture

The government is planning to develop five Internet of Things (IoT) as part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Digital India and Startup India campaign which allows a set of connected devices running on software and sensors to exchange data - start-up incubation centres. At least two of these incubation centres would come up in rural areas to develop solutions for smart agriculture.

The government has already launched a centre of excellence (CoE) for IoT in Bengaluru and innovative applications across verticals for the country's needs like smart city, smart health, smart manufacturing and smart agriculture. The focus of the two rural centres would be on providing smart technology-based solutions for various aspects of agriculture such as sowing seeds, irrigation, pest control and distribution of yield.

The idea behind setting up rural centres is that we would be able to understand the problems faced by the rural sector better and IoT solutions would be designed accordingly. The objective is to integrate technology with agriculture to get maximum yields. The rural centres would also focus on providing healthcare and education solutions for smaller towns and villages.

As the locations of these incubation centres are not disclosed, sources said one of the centres might come up in Maharashtra, while the other could come up either in Uttar Pradesh or West Bengal.

Source:http://www.business-standard.com/