Amazon, Microsoft Swoop In On $24 Billion India Farm-Data Trove

Friday, 17 September 2021Newsdesk

Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Cisco Systems Inc. are among technology giants lining up to harness data from India's farmers in an ambitious government-led productivity drive aimed at transforming an outmoded agricultural industry.

New Delhi, 17 September 2021

As per news report of NDTV, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's administration, which is seeking to ensure food security in the world's second-most populous nation, has signed preliminary agreements with the three U.S. titans and a slew of local businesses starting April to share farm statistics it's been gathering since coming to power in 2014. PM Modi is betting the private sector can help farmers boost yields with apps and tools built from information such as crop output, soil quality and land holdings.

Source - NDTV