<p>The Centre has launched digital crop survey in 12 states on a pilot basis from kharif (summer-sown) season of this year for better sowing data collection.</p>.<p>"Government has launched pilot on Digital Crop Survey (DCS) in the 12 states from Kharif -2023," agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar said in a written reply to Lok Sabha.</p>.<p>DCS reference application has been developed as an open source, open standard and inter operable public good, he sad.</p>.<p>"Further, geo-referenced cadastral maps with Geographic Information System (GIS) and Global Positioning System (GPS) Technologies are used to ensure the farmland position," Tomar said.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read |<a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/city/top-bengaluru-stories/bengaluru-farmers-oppose-compensation-based-on-british-era-law-1242674.html"> Bengaluru: Farmers oppose compensation based on ‘British-era’ law</a></strong></p>.<p>The 12 states selected for pilot on DCS are Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Odisha, Assam and Telangana, the minister informed.</p>.<p>The states have been selected based on the preparedness in respect of pre-requisite criteria for DCS i.e. geo-referencing of village map and digitised Record of Right (RoR) with ownership extent.</p>.<p>The project aims "to create a single and verified source of truth about the crop sown data which is useful for accurate crop area estimation and development of various farmers centric solutions", Tomar said.</p>.<p>In reply to a separate query, Tomar said the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has launched Resourcesat -2A, Radar Imaging Satellite (RISAT) – 1A (Earth Observation Satellite-04) in polar orbits and Indian National Satellite (INSAT) 3D, INSAT-3DR in geostationary orbits.</p>.<p>These are aimed to provide data for enabling support for various agricultural activities such as assessing total area under cultivation, damage from natural calamities and disease attacks and agro-met services across the country.</p>.<p>That apart, he said the ISRO has proposed the launch of Resourcesat-3 & 3A medium resolution satellite with combined repitivity of 2 days; Resourcesat-3S & 3SA high resolution satellite with 4 days revisit capability; RISAT-1B can image day and night and all-weather conditions. RISAT-1B along with RISAT- 1A will cover same area by around 12 days; and INSAT – 3DS in geostationary orbit with coarse resolution and daily multiple imaging capability.</p>
<p>The Centre has launched digital crop survey in 12 states on a pilot basis from kharif (summer-sown) season of this year for better sowing data collection.</p>.<p>"Government has launched pilot on Digital Crop Survey (DCS) in the 12 states from Kharif -2023," agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar said in a written reply to Lok Sabha.</p>.<p>DCS reference application has been developed as an open source, open standard and inter operable public good, he sad.</p>.<p>"Further, geo-referenced cadastral maps with Geographic Information System (GIS) and Global Positioning System (GPS) Technologies are used to ensure the farmland position," Tomar said.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read |<a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/city/top-bengaluru-stories/bengaluru-farmers-oppose-compensation-based-on-british-era-law-1242674.html"> Bengaluru: Farmers oppose compensation based on ‘British-era’ law</a></strong></p>.<p>The 12 states selected for pilot on DCS are Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Odisha, Assam and Telangana, the minister informed.</p>.<p>The states have been selected based on the preparedness in respect of pre-requisite criteria for DCS i.e. geo-referencing of village map and digitised Record of Right (RoR) with ownership extent.</p>.<p>The project aims "to create a single and verified source of truth about the crop sown data which is useful for accurate crop area estimation and development of various farmers centric solutions", Tomar said.</p>.<p>In reply to a separate query, Tomar said the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has launched Resourcesat -2A, Radar Imaging Satellite (RISAT) – 1A (Earth Observation Satellite-04) in polar orbits and Indian National Satellite (INSAT) 3D, INSAT-3DR in geostationary orbits.</p>.<p>These are aimed to provide data for enabling support for various agricultural activities such as assessing total area under cultivation, damage from natural calamities and disease attacks and agro-met services across the country.</p>.<p>That apart, he said the ISRO has proposed the launch of Resourcesat-3 & 3A medium resolution satellite with combined repitivity of 2 days; Resourcesat-3S & 3SA high resolution satellite with 4 days revisit capability; RISAT-1B can image day and night and all-weather conditions. RISAT-1B along with RISAT- 1A will cover same area by around 12 days; and INSAT – 3DS in geostationary orbit with coarse resolution and daily multiple imaging capability.</p>