From Tradition to Technology: Understanding the Barriers to Digital Farming Adoption

Dr. Binish Paul, Dr. Dibin Sekharan, Dr. Boby Varghese

Abstract: Agri - tech can bring improvements and innovation to present agricultural practices with the help of digital farming and the latest technologies. However, the majority of the Indian farming sector remains heavily reliant on manual labor and traditional agricultural production methods. Farmers also have limited access to the latest agricultural technologies, such as high - yielding seeds and advanced machinery, as well as relevant farming information. Farmers are interested in making a profit from agriculture, but they are hesitant to make a new change. Primarily judged by their inability to abandon the systematic farming practices they had been following for years and failed to adopt new technologies. The new generation can easily adopt technology, but middle - aged and older people do not understand it easily. Another important fact is that many of the new generation is not considering agriculture as a major means of livelihood. Most of the farmers are approaching the changes with fear. They are not aware of the need to implement new technology in agriculture. Farmers do not consider even an increase in profits as a reason to adopt new technology. Here, it is very necessary to educate the farmers about the beneficial effects of the technology. Comprehensive development in the agricultural sector is possible only by including them in the real frame. Agricultural prosperity can be achieved by incorporating the services of information technology into the daily affairs of farmers through the direct intervention of the government.

Keywords: Agri - tech can bring improvements and innovation to present agricultural practices with the help of digital farming and the latest technologies. However, the majority of the Indian farming sector remains heavily reliant on manual labor and traditional agricultural production methods. Farmers also have limited access to the latest agricultural technologies, such as high - yielding seeds and advanced machinery, as well as relevant farming information. Farmers are interested in making a profit from agriculture, but they are hesitant to make a new change. Primarily judged by their inability to abandon the systematic farming practices they had been following for years and failed to adopt new technologies. The new generation can easily adopt technology, but middle - aged and older people do not understand it easily. Another important fact is that many of the new generation is not considering agriculture as a major means of livelihood. Most of the farmers are approaching the changes with fear. They are not aware of the need to implement new technology in agriculture. Farmers do not consider even an increase in profits as a reason to adopt new technology. Here, it is very necessary to educate the farmers about the beneficial effects of the technology. Comprehensive development in the agricultural sector is possible only by including them in the real frame. Agricultural prosperity can be achieved by incorporating the services of information technology into the daily affairs of farmers through the direct intervention of the government.