Himanshu Pathak Advocates Next-Generation Agriculture Technologies
Himanshu Pathak, Director General of ICRISAT, delivered a Foundation Day lecture at UAS-Dharwad on February 1, 2026, urging adoption of next-generation technologies such as AI, genome editing, genomics, phenomics, machine learning, robotics, drones, and big-data analytics to tackle future challenges in Indian agriculture. He highlighted post-1950s production growth in grains, oilseeds, pulses, eggs, milk, and horticulture and linked technologies to nutrition, income, and environmental security.
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Strong authoritative call for technology adoption in agriculture, but provides limited new evidence or implementation details.
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