Abstract

The 2030 agenda comprising of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aims to end poverty and deprivation from the Globe, sustain the planet’s resources and preserve the climate and environment. The agenda was adopted in 2015 and now after four years, three billion people in developing countries, who are the largest producer of food for world’s consumption, suffer from mal-nutrient, climate changes, drought, floods, lack of resources such as fertilizers, seeds etc, and market shocks. The problem can be tackled by adopting Knowledge AgricultureTM for which a massive program of educating and upgrading the skills of farmers are required. We define Knowledge AgricultureTM as a process which uses technology and tools such as Greenhouse, IOT (Internet of Things), Robotics, AI (Artificial Intelligence), UAV (unmanned aerial vehicles) and specialized software for weather modelling, smart zone seeding, fertilizer modelling, UECS (Ubiquitous Environment Control System), SaaS (Cloud based monitoring and control system develop by Japan). Execution of technology assisted skill development projects in part of India and Ethiopia and their sustained monitoring for many years by us showed inspiring changes in rural behaviour and willingness of farmers to adopt the new technology.