In recent years, the integration of sensors in agriculture has emerged as a pivotal catalyst for transforming conventional farming practices into precision agriculture. Sensor application is impacting the everyday objects that enhance human life. In this special issue, the main objective was to address recent advantages of sensor application in agriculture covering a wide range of topics in this field. This provides overview of diverse application of sensors in agriculture, highlighting their role in enhancing productivity, sustainability, and resource management. sensors are instrumental in monitoring various agriculture parameter such as soil condition, weather, crop health and livestock wellbeing. By collecting real-time data and providing valuable insight, sensors enable precision farming, optimize resource allocation, and minimize environmental impacts. we have to explore the key sensor types used in agriculture, their applications, benefits, and future prospects, emphasizing their crucial roles in the modernization of agriculture and global quest for food security and crop production.

Background: In Maharashtra in 2013-14 area under Pigeonpea was 11.41 lakh hectares and productivity was 906 kg/ha. Majority of the farmers cultivated Pigeonpea as a cash crop, but it cannot see to all farmers due to dry land cultivation with using long duration and local varieties. In 2011-12 VNMKV Parbhani has developed BDN 711 new variety of Pigeonpea to overcome the production problems and increasing the productivity of Pigeonpea in Maharashtra. Methods: The present study was undertaken in the Marathwada region of Maharashtra state during the years 2021-22. Purposive on the basis of the maximum number of farmers cultivating red gram (BDN 711), were found in these two districts and four talukas sixteen villages were selected for conducting the study. So from each village, fifteen farmers were selected purposefully from that list and we considered them respondents, thus making a sample of 240 respondents. To study the impact, some respondents were analyse before and after cultivation of BDN 711, i.e., recall memories of farmers. An ex-post facto research design was adopted in this study. Result: The findings with regard to total social impact change percentage divided by the overall percentage of each component before and after cultivation of BDN 711 show that the farmers have established 14.44 % social impact.