{"id":45896,"date":"2025-04-21T12:39:39","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T07:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=45896"},"modified":"2025-05-28T13:17:27","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T07:47:27","slug":"crop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/crop\/","title":{"rendered":"CROP (Comprehensive Remote Sensing Observation on Crop Progress)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>CROP (Comprehensive Remote Sensing Observation on Crop Progress) Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has estimated that India\u2019s wheat production from eight major wheat-producing states will reach 122.724 million tonnes as of March 31, 2025, by using advanced satellite-based remote sensing technologies.<\/p>\n<h2>What is CROP?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>CROP<\/strong>\u00a0stands for\u00a0<strong>Comprehensive Remote Sensing Observation on Crop Progress<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It is a\u00a0<strong>semi-automated<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>scalable framework<\/strong>\u00a0developed by the\u00a0<strong>National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC)<\/strong>, a part of the\u00a0<strong>Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The primary objective of\u00a0<strong>CROP<\/strong>\u00a0is to enable\u00a0<strong>near real-time monitoring<\/strong>\u00a0of\u00a0<strong>crop sowing, growth, and harvesting<\/strong>\u00a0across different seasons, especially during the\u00a0<strong>Rabi season<\/strong>\u00a0in India.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Technological Components<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>CROP<\/strong>\u00a0integrates data from\u00a0<strong>multi-source remote sensing satellites<\/strong>, including:\n<ul>\n<li><strong>EOS-04 (RISAT-1A)<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 provides\u00a0<strong>Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)<\/strong>\u00a0data,<\/li>\n<li><strong>EOS-06 (Oceansat-3)<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 provides\u00a0<strong>optical remote sensing data<\/strong>, and<\/li>\n<li><strong>Resourcesat-2A<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 used for\u00a0<strong>high-resolution optical imaging<\/strong>\u00a0of agricultural areas.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>It uses both\u00a0<strong>Optical<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>SAR datasets<\/strong>\u00a0to accurately monitor\u00a0<strong>crop progress<\/strong>\u00a0under varying weather and light conditions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Major Wheat-Producing States Identified<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The eight primary\u00a0<strong>wheat-growing states<\/strong>\u00a0covered by the ISRO study are\u00a0<strong>Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana, Bihar, Gujarat, and Maharashtra<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>These states are crucial for ensuring\u00a0<strong>national food security<\/strong>\u00a0and contribute to the bulk of India&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Rabi wheat harvest<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/karnataka\/isro-satellites-forecast-wheat-production\/article69471106.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ROP by NRSC-ISRO is a scalable, semi-automated framework for comprehensive remote sensing observation of crop progress across 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