With an increasing population and declining workforce in agriculture, the Indian agriculture sector is facing a downfall in terms of productivity. To increase the declining productivity, an adaptation of automation technologies i.e., Internet of Things (IoT), cloud computing, etc. is a must. In recent times IoT has made its impact on every major industry. The global agriculture sector is already incorporating smart methods to improve productivity, reduce waste, and control the overall management of farming related tasks. But India is far behind in the nationwide implementation of these smart technologies, this is due to the presence of various challenges. The goal of this study was to identify those implementation barriers and establish contextual relationships among them. In this study, barriers were identified through literature reviews and expert opinion and the methodology selected for this is a combined ISM-DEMATEL approach.

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