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AI charts new era for agriculture towards Maharashtra's tech-forward farm agenda
AgroSpectrum
|AgroSpectrum India Dec 2025
Agrovision 2025 signalled a decisive shift in AL as a development mission anchored in the sutras of People, Planet, Progress. STPI Director Ajay Prasad Shrivastava positioned the state as the Global South's proving ground for next-generation agri-tech.
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With Maharashtra contributing Rs 2.15 lakh crore in IT exports, STPI is extending its deep-tech strength into agriculture through Centres of Entrepreneurship, a new VNIT-linked institute, and initiatives like FASAL.
Anoop Kumar, Retd. Additional Chief Secretary, highlighted Maharashtra's early-mover advantage as the first state with a formal AI policy and a Rs 500-crore allocation dedicated to agricultural AI.
This story is from the AgroSpectrum India Dec 2025 edition of AgroSpectrum.
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