# Linkedin Oct 2026 Posts

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In October 2026 I posted on LinkedIn about the emerging agricultural data economy and the need to extend India’s Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) framework to farm data. I highlighted how platforms such as Bharat‑VISTAAR and the National Pest Surveillance System (NPSS) are turning field records into valuable AI‑driven services, and raised concerns about who decides data reuse and who benefits.

- **DPDP Act** safeguards personal data, but aggregated agricultural data can still create commercial value while remaining non‑identifiable.

I decided to consider extending DPDP‑style consent and benefit‑sharing mechanisms to farm data because aggregation can generate commercial AI models that profit entities without direct farmer involvement.

I advocated adopting an ABS‑like framework so that farmers and FPOs receive a share of the value when their data contributes to AI training or commercial products, aligning with international norms on genetic‑resource sharing.

In a Kansas field study, radar‑guided variable‑rate irrigation reduced seasonal water use by **15 to 27 %** compared with conventional irrigation (growers’ records).

I posed several open questions about consent capture for non‑personal farm data, legal mechanisms for benefit‑sharing, scaling low‑cost AI‑driven variability sensing for Indian smallholders, and the governance role of platforms like Bharat‑VISTAAR and NPSS.

> Farm records, when brought together, can reveal #patterns about crops, communities and regions.


> We already have the principle of Access and Benefit Sharing (#ABS) under Nagoya Protocol for genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge.


- **Access‑and‑Benefit‑Sharing (ABS)** from the Nagoya Protocol is proposed as a model for sharing value derived from farm data.
- I called for input from agritech startups, researchers, policymakers, and Farmer‑Producer Organizations (FPOs) on practical data‑governance implementation.

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