Newsnomics AJAY ANGELINA reporter |
India, Sweden joins hands with solar-powered ‘Smart Farm’ for small-scale farmers to promote a sustainable f
ood production system launched under the umbrella of bilateral energy and environment MOUs signed by the both countries on June 6, 2023.
India and Sweden came together on the eve of World Environment Day and unveiled a unique ‘Smart Farm’ with a motive to equip the Small-scale farmers with technical tools, responsible for producing approximately one-third of world’s food, have to withstand the worst of erratic climate change.
The solar-based micro-irrigation farm will serve as a demo farm that would enable small-hold farmers to grow more food with significantly less water using solar energy and will facilitate as a learning resource for institutions, agricultural universities, and farmer communities.
At the inauguration of the Smart Farm, Markus Lundgren, Charge d' Affaires at the Embassy of Sweden and Head of Section for Trade, Economic, and Cultural Affairs, highlighted the growing challenges of water scarcity and asserted that soaring global temperature is creating problem expectedly. "Leveraging modern technologies is the only way to overcome the challenges that lie ahead”, Markus said.
By Addressing the gathering, Henrik Johansson, CEO of Spowdi (Indian green-tech engineering company) said, "Smart Farming methods and innovative technology can empower small-hold farmers in India, many of whom are women, to have an increased harvest, higher profitability, and better livelihoods."
Jai Prakash Singh, Deputy Director-General of NISE(MNRE), Government of India said, “the solar-based micro-irrigation Farm, introduced in collaboration with NISE, showcases a futuristic micro-irrigation system that can help deal with challenges of watering farmland in a more efficient way.”
Small-scale farmers are responsible for producing one third of the world’s food constituting around 85% of all farms worldwide, rely heavily on rain-fed agriculture and often lack access to resources because of adapting climate changes.
Now India-Sweden Smart Farm initiative will facilitate the farmers to perform well with technological tools.
