1. Modern challenges in agriculture.
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Suchithkumar, Chunchu, Reddy, Sreekanth, Divyavani, Prashanthi, Divya, Sai, Sravya, Mutha, Mani, Manju, and Manoharan, Geetha
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PRECISION farming , *TRANSGENIC seeds , *DIETARY patterns , *TRANSGENIC plants , *AGRICULTURE , *FARMS - Abstract
With the constantly increasing population and extended urbanization, the amount of people's migration toward cities and fragmentation of agricultural land is increasing day to day. This stands to be the biggest challenge faced by agriculture and mankind in the near future. The problems mentioned here in this article are considered to be modern agricultural challenges like climate change, development of resistance among species and subspecies, inflation etc. Apart from this, there is a complete change in the trend and tastes of the consumers regarding food and eating habits. Loss of biodiversity, decreasing underground water levels and land productivity are some of the results of the past actions by mankind. With the advent of newer technologies, there comes new problems too. Skillset and availability of skilled labour come under this category. Some of the solutions include Climate-Smart Agriculture, Adopting Ag-Tech, treated seeds & Genetically Modified Crops, protected agriculture & Precision Agriculture, Improved Management Practices, adopting new technologies like Data analysis, Big Data, Drone technology and others. A detailed set of challenges faced by the farmers in recent agriculture and the acts of solutions that can withhold and improve the state of agriculture and its dependents. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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