Digital Agriculture Mission (DAM)

Background:

• The National e-Governance Plan in Agriculture (NeGPA) began in 2010-11 to provide timely agricultural information using ICT and updated in 2020-21 to adopt digital technologies. 
• The DAM now supports initiatives like Digital Public Infrastructure, Crop Estimation, and IT projects by governments and institutions.

Programmes and schemes under DAM:

• Agristack: A digital publicgood like "Aadhar" for efficient farmerservices. Built with Central, State,and UT collaboration in a federated system. Includes three key agriculture registries/databases (refer to the infographic).
• Krishi Decision Support System:
  • Integrates geospatial and non-geospatial data for satellite, weather, soil, crops, and government schemes.
  • Supports crop mapping, diversification, and insurance claims, aligned with the National Geo-Spatial Policy.
• Nationwide Soil Resource Mapping project: 
  • Initiate by Soil and Land Use Survey of India (SLUSI), it uses high-resolution satellite and ground data to map village- level soils at a 1:10,000 scale.
  • Creates detailed soil profiles and standardized maps for sustainable agriculture and better land and crop planning.

• Digital General Crop Estimation Survey (DGCES): To Automate the General Crop Estimation Survey (GCES) process, from state-level  planning to field data recording of Crop Cutting Experiments and report generation.
• IT Initiatives Support: Includes IT Initiative support to Statesand Other Organizations under the Mission, Support for IT-related activities of DA&FW.
• Support to Mahalanobis National Crop Forecasting Centre (MNCFC): Estimates crop acreage and production under             FASAL  and       assesses horticulture crops.
  • Aids drought monitoring, weather tracking, and geospatial training for states.
  • Technical partner for PMFBY, assisting in area analysis, smart sampling, and yield dispute resolution.