<p>New Delhi: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/agriculture">Agriculture</a> Secretary Devesh Chaturvedi on Thursday urged states to swiftly adopt and implement new technology-driven initiatives to improve farm production estimates and enhance data accuracy.</p>.<p>Addressing a national conference here, Chaturvedi emphasised the need for continuous collaboration between the central and state governments to enhance the quality of agricultural statistics, an official statement said.</p>.<p>The new initiatives include the Digital Crop Survey, Digital General Crop Estimation Survey (DGCES), and the revamped FASAL (Forecasting Agricultural Output using Space, Agro-meteorology, and Land-based Observations) programme.</p>.Government can collect caste-wise data of OBCs by adding extra column in census questionnaire: Congress.<p>The Digital Crop Survey is designed to provide plot-level data with geotagged areas of crops, serving as a single source of truth for accurate crop area estimation.</p>.<p>DGCES aims to calculate yield based on scientifically designed Crop Cutting Experiments for all major crops across the country.</p>.<p>The revamped FASAL programme leverages remote sensing technology to generate accurate crop maps and area estimation for 10 major crops.</p>.<p>The conference also highlighted the UPAg Portal, which allows for cross-verification of data from multiple sources, ensuring robust agricultural statistics.</p>.<p>The agriculture ministry said these initiatives are expected to provide near real-time and reliable data directly from the field, enabling more precise estimations of crop production.</p>.<p>The agriculture department is collaborating with various institutions, including the Space Application Centre and the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, to develop yield forecast models.</p>.<p>Additionally, the department is working with the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation to increase the supervision of crop-cutting experiments by the National Sample Survey Office.</p>.<p>The conference concluded with a consensus on the importance of these reforms and a commitment from all states to strengthen the agricultural statistical framework.</p>.<p>Officials stressed that the adoption of digital surveys and advanced technologies will lead to more efficient data collection, reduce discrepancies, and ultimately contribute to better policy-making in the agricultural sector. </p>
<p>New Delhi: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/agriculture">Agriculture</a> Secretary Devesh Chaturvedi on Thursday urged states to swiftly adopt and implement new technology-driven initiatives to improve farm production estimates and enhance data accuracy.</p>.<p>Addressing a national conference here, Chaturvedi emphasised the need for continuous collaboration between the central and state governments to enhance the quality of agricultural statistics, an official statement said.</p>.<p>The new initiatives include the Digital Crop Survey, Digital General Crop Estimation Survey (DGCES), and the revamped FASAL (Forecasting Agricultural Output using Space, Agro-meteorology, and Land-based Observations) programme.</p>.Government can collect caste-wise data of OBCs by adding extra column in census questionnaire: Congress.<p>The Digital Crop Survey is designed to provide plot-level data with geotagged areas of crops, serving as a single source of truth for accurate crop area estimation.</p>.<p>DGCES aims to calculate yield based on scientifically designed Crop Cutting Experiments for all major crops across the country.</p>.<p>The revamped FASAL programme leverages remote sensing technology to generate accurate crop maps and area estimation for 10 major crops.</p>.<p>The conference also highlighted the UPAg Portal, which allows for cross-verification of data from multiple sources, ensuring robust agricultural statistics.</p>.<p>The agriculture ministry said these initiatives are expected to provide near real-time and reliable data directly from the field, enabling more precise estimations of crop production.</p>.<p>The agriculture department is collaborating with various institutions, including the Space Application Centre and the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, to develop yield forecast models.</p>.<p>Additionally, the department is working with the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation to increase the supervision of crop-cutting experiments by the National Sample Survey Office.</p>.<p>The conference concluded with a consensus on the importance of these reforms and a commitment from all states to strengthen the agricultural statistical framework.</p>.<p>Officials stressed that the adoption of digital surveys and advanced technologies will lead to more efficient data collection, reduce discrepancies, and ultimately contribute to better policy-making in the agricultural sector. </p>