Understanding Usability and Applications of Appropriate Technology in Indian Agriculture Sector with Reference to Entrepreneurship

Abstract

As Appropriate Technology (AT) is technology that includes social viability, economic affordability for user and environmentally effective. Thus, Appropriate Technology has a significant contribution to increase the sustainable development in several dimensions in a country. It has provided a greater benefit in all sectors in developed and developing economies. Several studies have developed a conceptual framework on the importance of Appropriate Technology in all production activities across economies. In the agricultural sector, Appropriate Technology is effective to improve the land pattern, recovery of surplus land, discovery of new cropping pattern, improve technique of farming, improve seeds, marketing facilities, and improve seed germination and viability. In animal livestock rearing sector, it is useful to improve livestock, fodder supply, development of new fodder, and develop new areas such as poultry, fish culture and others. In the health sector, it is useful to improve the health of people through providing clean drinking water, sanitation and supply of low cost of food. In the energy sector, Appropriate Technology is helpful to create renewable energy sources like solar, wind, sun, water power, gobar gas and electricity from water and sun. In rural housing, Appropriate Technology is cooperative to design, construct and fabricate cheap and affordable houses in rural areas. Agricultural scientists have developed several technologies like biotechnology, high-tech protected, cultivated, nanotechnology and advance irrigation methods which are beneficial to increase agricultural productivity.