From the input to the market: the decisions behind what is grown, sold and funded.
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India has issued 11 crore Farmer IDs under AgriStack. How the registries work, who owns the data, how schemes and fertiliser sales are being linked, and what lenders and input companies should watch.
At the India launch of World Development Report 2026 on 8 October, the IT minister said AI lifted Baramati sugarcane yields 40% with 30% less water and fertiliser. No study was cited.
Digital Bharat Nidhi, BSNL and state agencies will cover 28,237 gram panchayats and give on-demand links to 15,799 villages, with more than nine lakh rural home fibre connections expected.
Reporting from earlier editions of The Agrotech Daily. Figures, prices and policies may have changed since.
