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20/07/22 06:54 AM IST

Use of Drones in Agriculture

In News 
  • Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) initiated a network program during September, 2021 where in Research on use of Drones and Artificial Intelligence (AI) for timely monitoring of crop growth, health and managing it with enhanced input use efficiency were taken up. 
Benefits 
  • Drone and AI technology are used to monitor near real-time crop health.
  • Drone is also used for variable rate technology for pesticide and liquid fertilizer applications, mapping of water spread area, water sampling, mapping macrophyte infestation and aquaculture management practices, etc.
  • Drone and AI technology are also used for precision livestock farming, particularly its health monitoring.
  • In order to make Drone technology affordable to the farmers and other stakeholders of this sector, financial assistance @ 100% cost of drone together with the contingent expenditure is extended to ICAR/SAU/State Governments/State Government Institutions under Sub-Mission on Agricultural Mechanization (SMAM) for its demonstration on the farmer’s field.  
Intiatives taken by Government
  • Formation and Promotion of 10,000 FPOs along with necessary financial support under AtmaNirbhar Package (Agriculture).
  • Under AtmaNirbhar Bharat special attention is being paid for creation of infrastructure for which “Agri Infrastructure Fund (AIF) has been created with a size of Rs.100,000 crore.
  • Other special initiatives include Supplementary Income transfers under PM-KISAN; Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojna (PMFBY); Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana (PMKSY);
  • Increase in Minimum Support Price (MSPs) for all Kharif & Rabi Crops ensuring a minimum of 50 percent of profit margin on the cost of production, Bee-Keeping;
  • Rashtriya Gokul Mission; Blue Revolution; Interest Subvention Scheme;
  • Kisan Credit Card (KCC) that now offers production loan to even dairy & fishery farmers besides agricultural crops etc.
Source- PIB 

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