Abstract
Indian agriculture is a complex enterprise involving millions of small and marginal farmers. Agriculture in India is the most important sector for food security and socio-economic development. Agriculture accounted for about 18 per cent of the GDP and employed about 50% of the country’s population. As agriculture has become more complex, farmers’ access to reliable, timely, and relevant information has become increasingly important. Farmers require access to more varied, multisource and context-specific information, related not only to best practices and technologies for crop production and weather, but also to information about post-harvest aspects, including processing, marketing, storage, and handling. An effective agricultural knowledge management system with effective Information Technologycan trigger continuous innovations in overall development of agriculture. Information Technology can revolutionize Indian farming sector and can benefit all farmers, including small land holders, marginalized and poor farmers.This article attempts to express the current status ofthe infrastructure with respect to the use of information technology in agriculture and study the importance of knowledge management and information technology in agricultural infrastructure on agriculturesupply chain.
Highlights
Indian agriculture is a complex enterprise involving millions of small and marginal farmers
For strengthening agricultural production and productivity, the governments had taken various initiatives, most of which were on the production side to ensure food security in the country, but Several studies suggest that the reform policy of government only focused on the price measures and ignored the infrastructure and institutional changes which have caused an
Knowledge management is important for all stakeholders in the Agricultural Innovation System.Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) with Knowledge Management can support development and sharing of appropriate and relevant content for researchers, farmers, industry, traders, and policy makers
Summary
Indian agriculture is a complex enterprise involving millions of small and marginal farmers. The new corporate entries are not just participating in chain to source their required raw material (mainly indirectly from the farming community), but are more focusing in the primary source of agricultural produce In this context, the development of direct linkages with farmers will attain greater importance. The shift in market demand needs a balancing approach to meet the supply of deficit commodities such as pulses, oil seeds and high-value food items This balancing of demand and supply can be ensured by strengthening buyer–supply relationships in an efficient way, and disseminating accurate and timely information to all the participants of the business chain.The major issue in Indian agribusiness supply chain is lack of integration between different sub-systems of the chain. Produce or processed produce being distributed for retail market and institutional distribution which eventually lead to ultimate consumer.Collaboration and relationship management along the chain is key instrument for integrating the supply chain system and the ability to establish effective relationship is necessary to reach supply chain success
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