Digital Literacy in Indian Farming : Opportunities, Challenges and Lessons Learnt during Covid-19 Pandemic.

Science and technology are the main drivers of a country's development. With the advent of science and technology digital world is now flourishing than ever before. In many sectors, digital platforms are vaguely being used as a growth engine. Therefore, illiteracy in digital platforms causes knowledge poverty and it ultimately acts as a prime barrier in development. India being the country with agrarian background, for its comprehensive development digital literacy certainly complements with traditional wisdom in agriculture. Digital platforms have range of utility in agriculture, most importantly timely supply of required information on production, processing, marketing, extension etc., unfortunately, digital literacy among Indian agriculture inhabitants is meagre. If the opportunities available in digital sciences are properly explored, there is ample chances of making agriculture more productive, efficient and profitable. Despite innumerable opportunities, technophobic farmers, substandard educational and economic status, fragmented land holdings, lack of awareness and exposure to contemporary technologies are some of the reasons which can be attributed to this kind of snail's pace adoption. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]