Shimla, India needs to increase food grains production to 450 million Tonnes by 2047, and make information and communication technology-driven agricultural efficiency a national imperative, Fertiliser Association of India (FAI) Director General SK Chaudhari said on Wednesday.
Speaking at the inauguration of FAI's four-day national training programme on information and communication technology (ICT) for smart fertiliser management in Kufri, Shimla, Chaudhari stressed that making the intelligent use of technology in agriculture and the fertiliser sector was no longer an option but a national priority.