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TOPIC -79

Use of Technology in Agriculture

Quick points to Remember
• Agriculture is an important sector of the economy

• Employs about half the population
• New technologies have transformed agriculture
• Mowers, drip irrigation, robots etc.

Introduction
Agriculture is said to be the backbone of Indian economy. It is a primary sector and
employs half the population.
Gone are the days where everything had to be done by labour in agriculture.
Technology has changed our lives and the agriculture sector is not untouched.
Technology has changed the way agriculture is done in India.
Key Points

• Today we have higher crop productivity, fewer crop failures, less use of
chemicals for crops etc because of use of technology in agriculture.
• Robots, moisture sensors, GPS technology etc. are various kinds of
technologies that have made their way in agriculture.
• Greater efficiency, low prices, and less labour work is possible through the
use of technology.
• Technology is used for both the purposes that is for producing agricultural
output and for marketing the output and realizing good prices.
• Today, unlike traditional agriculture, the farmers make use of machines for
sowing seeds, sprinklers and other machines for irrigation, tractors and other
forms of transportation, machines for harvesting etc. This has changed how
farming is done in the modern world.

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