How is science interwoven deeply with our lives? What are the striking changes in agriculture triggered by science-based technologies?

The impact of science can be seen in all spheres of life such as:

1. Healthcare- Antibiotics, gene therapy, vaccine, etc.
2. Industries- Automation, Innovation, etc.
3. Transportation.
4. Communication.
5. Food and lifestyle- ACs, heater, microwave, etc. 

It is so deeply interwoven in material as well as intellectual aspects of human lives that today even self- discovery is technologically outsourced. Its impact on agriculture in one such aspect.

Changes in Agriculture due to science-based technologies:

1. Precision Agriculture: Use of drones, data analysis Remote-sensing.
2. Genetically-Modified crops: Increased productivity and resilience.
3. Green Revolution: Use of hybrid seeds, threshers, cultivators, seeders, mechanization.
4. Water Management: Drip irrigation, cloud-automated and timed sprinkler systems and subsurface water lines.
5. Smart Agriculture: Using data science, IoTs, robotics to analyze soil, seed quality, predicting crop yields, etc.
6. Nanotechnology based Agriculture: Nanosensors in crop protection, plant disease diagnostic, nano-formulations of agrochemicals and pesticides, nanodevice for genetic engineering in plants.

Science and technology have impacted agriculture both positively and negatively. On one hand there is increased production but on the other hand there has been a threat of biodiversity and growing artificiality of the natural environment. Thus science-based technologies must be seen as a means not as an end in itself.