New Delhi; Minister of State for Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare Dr Sanjeev Kumar Balyan on Monday launched KISAN Project (Crop Insurance using Space technology and geoinformatics] here.
The project envisages use of Space Technology and geoinformatics (GIS, GPS and Smartphone) technology along with high resolution data from UAV/Drone based imaging for improvement in yield estimation and better planning of Crop Cutting Experiments (CCEs), needed for crop insurance programme.
The Pilot Study is proposed to be launched in one District each of Haryana, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra during Kharif season of 2015 and two Districts each of these States during Rabi season of 2015-16.
The project will be extended to the other parts of the country subsequently.
The KISAN project will be implemented by Mahalanobis National Crop Forecast Centre (MNCFC) in collaboration with ISRO Centres (Space Applications Centre Ahmedabad & National Remote Sensing Centre, Hyderabad), India Meteorological Department, CCAFS, State Agriculture Departments and State Remote Sensing Centres.
Balyan also launched an Android App. Designed by ISRO (National Remote Sensing Centre, Hyderabad) which will help real time data collection about hailstorm occurrences along with photographs and geographical coordinates (longitude and latitude).
