The Print – Online

Globally, technology is shaping the future of food and agriculture but their total digital transformation will still take some time, especially in the Global South. Telangana, however, can demonstrate some valuable lessons as the South Indian state is integrating agritech as a critical lever to transform the agriculture sector and creating policies and public infrastructure to deliver agritech services to 100,000 farmers by 2025.

Rising Kashmir – Online

Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh on Friday said management strategies are crucial to sustaining startups. He said Jammu and Kashmir, being the birthplace of Aroma Mission (lavender cultivation), is being hailed as the torch bearer of the agri-tech startup movement in India and the value addition to India’s economy in the years to come will be done by the unexplored Himalayan resources in the North and unexplored ocean resources in the South.