Using ICT: ‘Time to boost use of technology in agriculture’

The National Information and Communication Technologies Research and Development Fund and the University of Agriculture Faisalabad will collaborate for research on IT use in agriculture.

The use of modern technology, he said, agriculture of a country could be boosted manifold. The Fund will focusing on industry-academia partnership through funding of research and development initiatives.

Emerging information and the knowledge era is currently opening a new way of economic and social development through information and communication technologies.

Furthermore, precision agriculture had gained popularity across the globe, enabling some countries to reduce cost of production through balanced inputs use of information technology, geographical information system and space technology.

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Adapted from The Express Tribune