{"id":33088,"date":"2023-01-23T12:18:48","date_gmt":"2023-01-23T06:48:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=33088"},"modified":"2025-04-19T18:35:35","modified_gmt":"2025-04-19T13:05:35","slug":"geospatial-technology-in-agriculture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/geospatial-technology-in-agriculture\/","title":{"rendered":"Geospatial Technology in Agriculture"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>What\u2019s in today\u2019s article?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Why in News?<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>What is Geospatial Technology and How does it Benefit Farmers?<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>How is India Focusing on the Use of Geospatial Technology in Agriculture?<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>News Summary with respect to the Digital Crop Survey<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Why in News?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The centre intends to launch a digital crop survey across 10 states beginning with the kharif-2023 season to collect information on various types of crops sown by farmers through an automated process using <strong>&#8220;Geo-Referenced maps&#8221; and remote sensing images.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What is Geospatial Technology and How does it Benefit Farmers?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/Le5YKl420UlftLHlyCH24ltfqbyQeJxo6JAU4tBf3TYeYXqK-097VVmdYLsdfzRS5iN4_SRoCr62PrpKB56bbHyazCsbxxj3pZT9NCeuehsfZsuy7t2a6FDC83ueF5lZXZIfZJoJvGLAYb0S28DJ6g\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Image Caption: Application of Geospatial Tech in Agriculture<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Geospatial Technology is an emerging field of study that includes &#8211;\n<ul>\n<li>Geographic Information System (GIS),\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Remote Sensing (RS), and\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Global Positioning System (GPS)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>It enables us to <strong>acquire data that is referenced to the earth<\/strong> and use it for analysis, modelling, simulations and visualisation.<\/li>\n<li><strong>In agriculture<\/strong>, the technology can help the farmers in getting a clear and comprehensive view of their current farming operations by tracking on-field activities, monitoring weather conditions, etc.<\/li>\n<li>They can help farmers to adjust to following variables:\u00a0\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Monitor the health of individual crops<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Estimate yields from a particular field<\/li>\n<li>Maximise agricultural production\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>They are helpful in<strong> soil analysis,<\/strong> in the preparation of various vegetation indices, DEM (Digital elevation model), LULC (Land use land cover), etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>How is India Focusing on the Use of Geospatial Technology in Agriculture?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The Government of India has taken several initiatives towards promoting <strong>digital agriculture. For example,<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Remote Sensing Data Policy 2011<\/strong>, released by the Department of Space, mandates restricted public distribution of imagery sharper than 5.8-metre resolution.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The Union Ministry of Agriculture &amp; Farmers Welfare<strong> (<\/strong>MoA&amp;FW<strong>) <\/strong>set up a specialised organisation<strong> Mahalanobis National Crop Forecast Centre (MNCFC) in 2012, <\/strong>with focus on enhancing satellite remote sensing and GIS technologies in crop estimation.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>In 2021, the government opened access to its geospatial data and mapping services for all Indian entities.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>draft National Geospatial Policy 2021 <\/strong>of the Department of Science and Technology further discusses the methods to create, access, and use geospatial data.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)<\/strong> is preparing a new remote sensing policy, aiming to provide resolution data of up to 50 cm to all Indian organisations, including private companies.<\/li>\n<li>The satellite data (from Earth Observation Satellites like CARTOSAT) from<strong> National Remote Sensing Centre<\/strong> (NRSC), which comes under the ISRO, has already been made available to the states.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b<strong>News Summary with respect to the Digital Crop Survey<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The digital crop survey will be <strong>rolled out<\/strong> (by the MoA&amp;FW)<strong> initially as a pilot project<\/strong> in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, MP, Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, UP, Kerala and Gujarat.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Once it becomes fully operational,<strong> it will add on to the age-old crop area statistics collection system<\/strong>, which is known as \u201c<strong>patwari agency<\/strong>\u201d.<\/li>\n<li><strong>In the patwari agency<\/strong>, a complete enumeration of all fields (survey numbers) called girdawari is made of a village during each crop season to compile land use, irrigation and crop area statistics.<\/li>\n<li>The proposed survey will use the latest technological advancements <strong>such as visual and advanced analytics, GIS-GPS Technologies and AI\/ML<\/strong> to provide \u201c<u>near real-time<\/u>\u201d information about the crops sown by the farmers.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>Geo-Referenced maps <\/strong>(states to take up Geo-referencing) and remote sensing images would enable users to reach the right farm and collect the right data and images.<\/li>\n<li><strong>A crop registry<\/strong>, with a list of all the crops sown in India is being developed. The registry will act as a single source for collecting the data in a standardised manner.<\/li>\n<li>The survey will also have <strong>a mobile interface<\/strong> that will allow offline data capturing in the field (farmland plot) where the crop is sown.\n<ul>\n<li>The survey will help in creating visibility on &#8211;<\/li>\n<li>Accurate and transparent estimates of crops sown in states;\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Crop identification for improved production, crop grown area;\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Yield estimation from crop-sown data;\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Easy implementation of departmental schemes focused on crops;\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Easy verification, estimation and settlement of crop insurance claims;\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Assess cropping patterns for environmental impacts; and\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Improve market from the village to national levels.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Q1) What are the components of geospatial technology?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Geospatial Technology is an emerging field of study that includes &#8211; Geographic Information System (GIS), Remote Sensing (RS), and Global Positioning System (GPS).<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Q2) How geospatial technology aids agriculture?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>They are helpful in monitoring the health of individual crops, estimating yields from a particular field, maximising agricultural production, in soil analysis, in the preparation of various vegetation indices, DEM (Digital elevation model), LULC (Land use land cover), etc.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Source:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/india\/govt-to-launch-digital-crop-survey-in-10-states-this-kharif-season-8398296\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong><u>Govt to launch digital crop survey in 10 states this kharif season<\/u><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/krishijagran.com\/featured\/role-of-geospatial-technology-in-agriculture\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Krishi Jagran<\/u><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cropway.com\/geospatial-technology-generating-agri-information\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Cropway<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>VIDEO:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WhAfZhFxHTs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WhAfZhFxHTs<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Geospatial Technology enables to acquire data referenced to the earth and use it for analysis and modelling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":33089,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-33088","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-mains-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33088","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=33088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33088\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}