India, Nov. 5 -- India's ambition of becoming a developed nation by 2047 requires a fundamental overhaul of its agricultural extension system, moving beyond the traditional top-down model of technology dissemination.

The authors argue for a shift towards an "agricultural opportunity system" that connects farmers with appropriate technologies, finance, markets and risk-management services.

They outline four pillars: adopting a systems perspective, providing real-time and AI-enabled human advisories, scaling proven innovations and building a coordinated, pluralistic extension ecosystem.

India has set itself an ambitious target of becoming a developed nation by 2047 under its Viksit Bharat vision. Even by conservative estimates, achieving...