Since the mid-1990s, the internet has connected people across the world. A few years later, the idea of connecting everyday devices to each other started to grow. This idea became what we now call the Internet of Things (IoT).
Over time devices became available also for functions in agriculture. However, implementing them has challenges.  
So, how can AgriTech and IoT help out smallholder farmers appropriately? 
Gram Disha Trust is actively engaging in the global discussion around appropriateness of AgriTech when implemented for Smallholders of the Global South. Forums such as Digital Agri Hub provide an appropriate development platform for such discussions. Within such forums we have proposed a maxim to consider when implementing technology, appropriately, for smallholders. In Himachal Pradesh, our trust works primarly with rain-fed smallholders, who may also have access to seasonal and fresh surface water.
It is within such a context that we are attempting to develop technology solutions which have a basis of reduction of input cost AND complexity for the smallholders. It is important to understand that cost and complexity are to be taken in conjunction and not just with tradeoffs. 
If science and technology are to work for the betterment of smallholders, then both these considerations are important when developing appropriate solutions.