India, Aug. 3 -- When India talks about its agricultural transformation, it speaks of technology, data, and scale. What it rarely speaks of, but should, is the woman in the field. She forms the backbone of Indian agriculture. The fastest-growing wave of agri-tech is racing past her.

The numbers leave little room for ambiguity. The latest data from the Periodic Labour Force Survey report shows that 20 crore women are now employed in India, with rural female workforce participation crossing 39% - more than double what it was seven years ago. Of these, nearly 70% work in agriculture. In states like Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, the share rises to over 80%. India's farms are becoming visibly more female, almost entirely on the back of rural women...