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Podcast: businessline's State of the Economy Podcast
Episode: Precision farming and AI revolutionise food production systems
Description: In this State of the Economy podcast, businessline’s Prabhudatta Mishra talks to Ashok Kumar Singh, former Director of Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, about the unique perspectives on India’s agricultural landscape and the challenges ahead as the nation aims to achieve food grain self-sufficiency by 2047.  Singh delves into cutting-edge solutions, including climate-resilient crop varieties, biofortified foods, and advancements in smart agriculture technologies like AI, IoT-based irrigation, and precision farming.  The podcast also discusses critical topics such as the role of public-private partnerships in driving agricultural innovation, genome editing as a non-GM alternative to enha...