TRANSFORMING INDIA

Innovation for Viksit Bharat

Initiative Details

Project Name Protecting Crops with ICT
Department/State/District Department of Agriculture
Sector Agriculture
Year 2019
Project Details

Summary

The pink Bollworm is one of the most destructive pests that target the cotton plan. In all probability native to India, Pink Bollworm ravages cotton crops and its cultivators all across the world by boring into cotton bolls, devouring blossoms and seeds. Needless to say, this causes immense financial and psychological distress to farmer communities. Efforts of the Department of Agriculture, govt. of Maharashtra have always been aimed at helping farmers achieved better crop productivity with the use of various and appropriate agricultural technologies and practices... Read More