The Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare is an Indian governmental organization that utilizes space technology to enhance the agricultural sector. It funds projects with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for crop production forecasting and has established centers like the Mahalanobis National Crop Forecast Centre (MNCFC) and the Soil and Land Use Survey of India to operationalize space technology and satellite data for crop forecasting and soil mapping. The department also launched the KISAN project to improve yield estimation using remote sensing data and is developing the Krishi-Decision Support System (Krishi-DSS) in collaboration with the Department of Space, using resources like RISAT-1A and VEDAS, to provide stakeholders with real-time data-driven insights. Key activities include crop monitoring, drought assessment, and crop insurance solutions, with the goal of promoting farmer welfare and informed policy decisions.
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