Parashram Patil

Predictive and agentic intelligence can identify vulnerable farmers early, coordinate timely interventions and make agricultural supply chains more resilient. India’s artificial intelligence conversation has largely focused on productivity. Policymakers speak of higher yields, precision farming and digital marketplaces. Technology companies promise smarter irrigation, better weather forecasts and more efficient logistics. Yet one critical variable often remains missing from these discussions:...

The next big opportunity for Maharashtra’s farmers may not lie only in bigger harvests, but in smarter markets. As India and the European Union move towards a Free Trade Agreement (FTA), the state has a chance to transform itself from a supplier of agricultural commodities into a global hub for high-value, sustainable food products. The India–France strategic partnership, traditionally anchored in defence, space, clean energy and the Indo-Pacific, is acquiring a new dimension: agriculture....

While global farm policy obsesses over land, capital and climate, it still ignores the health of the person behind the plough. The world’s agricultural debates have acquired an oddly abstract quality. Ministers and leaders argue over climate finance, development banks model productivity curves, and economists refine forecasts for food security. Yet the central figure in agriculture - the farmer - often disappears into the spreadsheet. This omission is one reason why so many well-intentioned...