Socioeconomic Impact of IoT on Agriculture: A Comparative Study on India and China

Internet of Things (IoT) has emerged as the prominent feature of the technological revolution across the world. It has been particularly linked with development, growth and other socioeconomic standards of major national economies, including India and China. Both India and China evolved from having a huge starving population to food surplus countries having socioeconomic implications. This is centred around economic and technological reforms in both countries. IoT is the lynchpin for the future of food security worldwide and has a huge role in India and China. The chapter’s objective entails the emergence of IoT, and its widespread use has but provided for the evolution of state policies and strategies in India and China. The study undertakes comparative analysis, further utilising mixed-method research, which utilises both quantitative and qualitative approaches. Additionally, the chapter also deals with the huge impact of IoT on the development, growth and other socioeconomic parameters of farming communities within India and China.