July 2020, South Asia 

The impact of the raging COVID-19 pandemic has been felt all across the globe. It has impacted every business across industries and slowed economic growth tremendously. Its influence can be seen throughout the Indian industrial sectors due to the lockdown imposed across the nation to limit the spread of the virus.

The agricultural sector seems to be the silver lining that had a 5.9% growth in January to March quarters, even in the COVID-19 crisis, while only 3.1% of growth was observed in the Indian economy. The prediction by Crisil notes agriculture will have increased 2.5% growth while GDP may display negative growth.

Technological agricultural systems are the need of the hour which will bolster the growing agricultural sector. A free android app developed by the Indian government, Kisan Suvidha, now has about 100 million registered users. This app assists farmers with relevant information on the weather of the current day and next five days, market prices, dealers, agro advisories, and plant protection. It also has extreme weather alerts and market prices of the commodity in the nearest area and the maximum price in the state, as well as India. While Bhuvan, an Indian Geo-platform of ISRO, employs geospatial spatial technologies for gathering data useful for plantation, pest surveillance, and weather predictions.