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MahaAGRITECH

Introduction
Synergistic use of technologies like, Remote Sensing, Drones, GIS, GPS,
Mobiles, Simulation models and ICT tools, could lead to a robust system for building
agricultural intelligence in order to address various issues linked to the performance of
crops at circle, taluka and district level. The main objective of the current project is
development and implementation of the state-of-the-art technologies for comprehensive
assessment of the agricultural situation periodically throughout the cropping season and
timely reporting of the information to the decision makers at various levels. This task
calls for in-season real time monitoring of crops and infer the diagnostics to mitigate the
stress due to adverse conditions or calamities, which affect the income from the
farming.

In this project, quantitative indicators pertaining to weather, soil and crops
supported by intensive field information/observation collected through mobile app on
real-time basis are used in the analysis to generate a strong agricultural intelligence
information for specific crops throughout the cropping season.

The project attempts innovative mapping and data analysis techniques to provide
quantitative in-season measures/metrics/parameters related crop growth and
productivity. Capabilities of all the tools and techniques, currently available for crop
assessment and global experiences are fully exploited to generate objective information
products. for example, satellite data of medium and fine resolutions will be used,
respectively, for semi-detailed and detailed information on crop growth and prospects;

GIS tools for generation of maps, GPS for geo-location and time-stamping, mobiles for
in- situ collection and transmission of field data on crops, soils, pests and diseases, etc.
are generated for assessment of the crop growth. A comprehensive geo-portal with user
friendly dash boards is envisaged to develop with modern Geo-ICT tools for viewing,
querying and display and dissemination.

In this holistic process, the role of the line departments for field data collection as
well as the feedback/validation of the information products, will be of immense value to
strengthen the agricultural information system.

Objectives:
In this project following specific objectives are envisaged;
• Crop inventory: Satellite based crop mapping and inventory, selective use of
drones

• Crop surveillance: Mobile apps, weather data and Satellite based indices

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