{"id":103021,"date":"2026-05-12T12:13:41","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T06:43:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=103021"},"modified":"2026-05-12T12:47:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T07:17:25","slug":"jute-crop-information-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/jute-crop-information-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Jute Crop Information System"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Jute Crop Information System Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the National Jute Board has stepped up implementation of the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/jute-crop\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jute Crop<\/a><\/strong> Information System (JCIS).<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Jute Crop Information System<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>technology-driven platform<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> developed in collaboration with <\/span><b>Indian Space Research Organisation and the Jute Corporation of India.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is being <\/span><b>implemented since 2023.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Purpose: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To improve crop <\/span><b>monitoring and production assessment<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in <\/span><b>the jute sector.<\/b><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Working<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>integrates satellite imagery<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, weather analytics, vegetation indices and field-level inputs to enable <\/span><b>near real-time monitoring of jute cultivation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and production trends.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It includes <\/span><b>two digital tools<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"3\"><b>BHUVAN JUMP<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: It is a <\/span><b>mobile application<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for field-level monitoring.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"3\"><b>PATSAN:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is a <\/span><b>web-based analytics platform<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> designed to provide surveillance and crop-related assessments for officials and stakeholders.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This new system has introduced a <\/span><b>more structured and evidence-based approach<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to crop monitoring by combining multiple data sources on a single platform.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Features of Jute Crop Information System<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The framework supports <\/span><b>automated reporting, near real-time crop estimation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and early warning alerts linked to weather and crop stress conditions.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Through <\/span><b>its I-CARE field network<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the National Jute Board has facilitated large-scale collection of geo-tagged field data using the BHUVAN JUMP application.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has supported <\/span><b>Crop Cutting Experiments<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> using geospatial smart-sampling techniques aimed at improving the accuracy of yield estimation and production modelling.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has also been used to <\/span><b>develop flood impact assessment models<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> based on satellite data and field validation to estimate crop and quality losses in affected areas.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Weather analytics integrated<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> into the platform are supporting district-level early warning systems for rainfall variation, dry spells and temperature fluctuations.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2259748&amp;reg=3&amp;lang=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PIB<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jute Crop Information System is a technology-driven platform developed in collaboration with Indian Space Research Organisation and the Jute Corporation of India. 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