Digital Agriculture in India: Opportunities & Challenges

India is having ever-evolving relationship with agriculture sector. It has a long standing history in Indian economy. This sector has gone through a lot of changes since 3-4 decades. After Green revolution, our food grain production increased and made us food sufficient, but still if we think about future of agriculture through the lenses of food security, water security and climate change, we need some changes. Rapid growth of population is the main feature of Indian economy; it has driven demand for food, fibre, energy & water which is associated with a usage of natural resources in more sustainable way. Since 1990’s precision agriculture machinery and equipments provided important productive gains and also maximized the use of agricultural inputs. Hence Digital farming is emerging as one of the ways to increase efficiencies and enhance agriculture income in global level. For farmers, it offers an opportunity to increase yields, save long term costs & eliminate risks. In the rural environment with growing connectivity in addition to its greater integration with data from sensor systems, remote sensors, equipment and smart phones have paved the way for new concepts so called agriculture 4.0 or digital agriculture. There are different forms of digitalization in agriculture such as internet of things (IoT), augmented reality, big data, robotics, sensors, ubiquitous connectivity, artificial intelligence (AI), 3D printing, digital twins, system integration, block chain among others etc. In this backdrop the present study is mainly focusing on concept of digital agriculture, practices and their effects on agricultural productivity, also examines how digital farming came into force in agriculture sector. Further it identifies the benefits and challenges followed by the conclusions