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Why in News?
- The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, has been proactive in using the space technology in agricultural sector. Institutional measures
- Mahalanobis National Crop Forecast Centre
- It works for operationalization of the space technology developed in the Indian Space Research Organization, for crop production forecasting.
Use of Space Technology
- The Department is using space technology for its various programmes/ areas, such as:
- FASAL project
- CHAMAN project
- NADAMS
Crop Insurance
- This data can be used for various programmes, which need information on crop type, crop area estimates, crop condition, crop damages, crop growth etc.
KISAN Project
- The Department has launched KISAN [C(K)rop Insurance using Space technology And geoiNformatcs] project during October 2015. Examine how can India’s farm sector benefit from space research and technologies
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