Union Agriculture Minister inaugurates Agriculture Integrated Command and Control Center
11 March 2024, New Delhi: Intending to empower the farmers of the country by equipping them with information, services, and facilities using digital technology, Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare Arjun Munda last week inaugurated the Agriculture Integrated Command and Control Center established at Krishi Bhawan, Delhi.
Agriculture Minister Munda said that the objective of the new initiative is to provide farmers the information about the reality of the farm and also to find out what are the real challenges our agriculture sector is facing. He said that with the availability of real-time data and its analysis, their problems can be resolved and capacity will be expanded and crops will be good, which will ultimately benefit the agriculture sector in the country. Union Minister said that the farmers will also be able to avail the benefits of the government schemes. This digital innovation is an important opportunity to reflect India in the 21st century. He said that trust is a strong foundation in human life and these efforts of the government will establish trust and a safe environment among the farmers.
At the Agriculture Integrated Command and Command Centre, it will be possible to see all the digital innovations being made in the agriculture sector by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare on a big screen simultaneously in one place. By seeing plot level data obtained from the soil survey, information obtained from crop survey through remote sensing technology, information given by the meteorological department, data obtained from digital crop survey, information available on agricultural map, information available on the produce (Upag) portal created for agricultural statistics, at one place, it will be possible to analyze and take accurate decisions based on them, which will be very useful.
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