• Dr. Chinmoy Sarkar

Indian agriculture includes a mix of traditional and modern farming practice and techniques. However, since 2002 India has become the world’s largest manufacturer of tractor and occupied world’s largest tractor market, in some parts still using cattle to plough their arable land. Now there is need for work on cost-effective technologies with environmental protection and conservation. India is blessed with largest arable land with 15 agro-climatic zones having almost all types of weather conditions where almost all types of needful crops are cultivating. But less use of technology, mechanization, low access of credit, small land holding, lack of information, unorganized market nature makes Indian farming unproductive and loss-making sector. E-agriculture or Information and communication Technology (ICT) in agriculture creates an opportunity to make farming more profitable and it targets to make agriculture more vibrant. It is seen as a new model for agricultural development which is emerging at a faster step of both developing and developed countries. It has found as highly beneficial for the farmers including small and marginal categories. Government is providing different effective schemes to reach the benefits of ICT to the farmers. ICT initiatives in Indian agriculture act as a decision support system to get higher return.The main objective of ICT is to help farmers with the timely availability of information and practical solution of the agricultural problems so that farmers can adopt required effective practices and makes better strategy with useful inputs and finally get anticipated production and market price. But practical condition of poor, marginal and illiterate farmers do not get benefit of modern farming practices equally.Introduction of technology in farming made exposer to producers as well as consumers. Insufficient extension services and poor access to information widen the gap in the adoption of new technologies and can lead to lower long run-productivity (Miller, Saroja and Linder, 2013). No doubt, if it works properly both producer and consumer will get benefited.

E-agriculture, ICT Service, Agricultural Marketing, Farm Productivity

"E-AgriculturePracticein Marginal Farming Section through Production and Marketing: A Review of Rural Development", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 7, page no.d55-d64, July-2023, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2307308.pdf

"E-AgriculturePracticein Marginal Farming Section through Production and Marketing: A Review of Rural Development", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 7, page no. ppd55-d64, July-2023, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2307308.pdf