{"id":25882,"date":"2025-11-08T10:26:46","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T04:56:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=25882"},"modified":"2025-11-10T16:11:49","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T10:41:49","slug":"national-pest-surveillance-system-npss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/national-pest-surveillance-system-npss\/","title":{"rendered":"National Pest Surveillance System (NPSS)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About National Pest Surveillance System (NPSS):<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a <strong>digital initiative<\/strong> of the <strong>Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfareleveraging <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/artificial-intelligence\/\" target=\"_blank\">Artificial Intelligence (AI)<\/a><strong> and Machine Learning (ML) <\/strong>to <strong>provide timely pest management advisories to farmers<\/strong> across the country.<\/li>\n<li>It promises to reshape pest management practices and empower farmers across India.<\/li>\n<li>The primary goal of NPSS is <strong>to reduce farmers&#8217; reliance on pesticide retailers<\/strong> and foster a <strong>scientific approach to pest control.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The system comprises a <strong>user-friendly mobile app and a web portal<\/strong>, ensuring accessibility for all farmers.<\/li>\n<li>By <strong>leveraging real-time data and advanced analytics<\/strong>, NPSS <strong>enables accurate pest identification<\/strong>, monitoring, <strong>and management.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Farmers will greatly benefit from NPSS as it <strong>provides quick solutions to pest attacks<\/strong> and crop diseases, <strong>reducing crop losses<\/strong> and thus improving productivity.<\/li>\n<li>The system&#8217;s <strong>comprehensive pest incidence data<\/strong> and <strong>automated advisories<\/strong> will empower farmers with actionable insights, helping them make informed decisions and take proactive measures to protect their crops.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Q1<\/strong>: What is Machine Learning?<\/h3>\n<p>Machine learning is an essential branch of artificial intelligence that employs data and algorithms to mimic human learning processes, gradually enhancing its accuracy. It is a cornerstone of the emerging field of data science. It involves training algorithms to find patterns in data, which enables them to make predictions or perform tasks without being explicitly programmed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/new-ai-platform-will-connect-farmers-and-scientists-over-phone-aid-in-pest-control\/article68530026.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New AI platform will connect farmers and scientists over phone, aid in pest control<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Pest Surveillance System is a digital initiative leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) to provide timely pest management advisories to farmers across the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":25883,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-25882","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25882"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25882\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}