Dr. Murtaza Hasan is presently working as a Principal Scientist at Centre for Protected Cultivation Technology, Ministry of Agriculture. He has 21 years experience in research, teaching and training. His research areas are protected cultivation technology, water resource management, vertical and smart farming and pressurized drip fertigation. He has been recently actively involved as a technical expert and member of the National Water Mission, Ministry of Water Resources, Bureau of Indian Standard BIS, and the National Horticultural Board of the Ministry of Agriculture.
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Sustainable Farming
Changing agriculture, one milestone at a time
Agriculture is a sector in which the possibilities are boundless. While the SDGs indicate sustainable agriculture with zero hunger as the 2030 agenda, some innovations are already propagating food-growing independence through advanced automation, heralding the hydroponics revolution, and Cropdata in order to help India’s farmers and find a digital solution to a longstanding problem. Let's look at our goals more closely with those who are at the heart of these innovations.
