Agriculture is still the backbone of livelihood in India and it is primary source of income for 58 percent of population while agriculture is invented 10000 years ago. India is the 2nd, 7th and 3rd largest country in the world based on population, nominal GDP and purchasing power parity respectively. The economy of India is directly depending on agriculture because Gross Value Added by agriculture, forestry and fishing is approximately Rs 17.67 trillion in financial year 2K18. The traditional Indian farming has affected productivity because Indian farmers do not believe in modern methods of agriculture or lack of knowledge of modern agriculture technology like precision farming. That is why productivity of United States farmers is seven times more wheat per acre than Indian farmers because of adoption of precision farming. The scope of precision farming is limited due to smaller farm size per hectare i.e. less than one per hectare and crop diversity in India. But it has very bright scope in North West states like Punjab, Rajasthan, Haryana and Gujarat states with respect to rest of India because of large farm size and rest of India also for commercial crops, high value crops and fruit and vegetable crops. To fulfill the promise of present government of India to double the income of farmers, adoption of precision farming is the necessary condition. The US and Europe are the first and second position holder in terms of precision farming according to recent market study while Asian pacific region countries are in early stages. The growth rate of India and China are highest among the Asian continent. Adoption of precision farming is present time demand to solve the crisis of yield in India also because of reduction of input cost and enhancement of yield 18-20% and 30% respectively.

Precision agriculture, Precision Farming, remote sensing, Modern Technology, spatial Variability, Adoption of Technology

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