Syllabus: GS-III, Subject: Economy, Topic: Agriculture and allied, Issue: Agriculture extension services |
Context: Recently Agriculture Minister inaugurated the Krishi Integrated Command and Control Centre (ICCC) in New Delhi.
Krishi ICCC
- Tech-based solution within the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare.
- Utilizes AI, remote sensing, and GIS for agricultural data processing.
- Aims for comprehensive farm sector monitoring via geospatial integration.
- Generates farmer-specific advisories by correlating various data sources.
- Applications include custom advisories, drought actions, and crop analysis.
- K-DSS (Krishi Decision Support System) acts as a data repository for evidence-based decision-making.