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SME Times News Bureau | 20 Mar, 2022
Tamil Nadu government will implement digital agriculture for the benefit
of farmers at an outlay of Rs 8 crore with central and state
government's funds, said Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
M.R.K.Panneerselvam.
Presenting the Agriculture Budget
for 2022-23 in the state Assembly on Saturday, Panneerselvam said his
department has designed a scheme on digital agriculture whereby all
technologies from seed to yield can be obtained electronically through
Uzhaan (farmer) Mobile Application.
"All the technologies will be
communicated electronically to the farmers from sowing to harvest and
marketing of the produce field-wise for getting higher income,"
Panneerselvam said.
According to him, individual farm based crop
plan, survey numbers and sub divisions of all villages will be
geo-tagged, which will be superimposed with details of land owner's
basic information, soil health and cultivated crops.
The seven
Agro-climatic zones are divided into 1,330 Micro Agro-climatic zones to
formulate new profitable crop plans to farmers based on factors of
production.
According to Panneerselvam, artificial intelligence
will be applied to monitor the pest and disease infestation in crops and
instantaneous management measures will be delivered to farmers through
SMS advisories in coordination with Tamil Nadu e-Governance Agency and
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University.
In coordination with Tamil
Nadu Agricultural University and Tamil Nadu Drone Corporation, farmers
will be imparted training and demonstration in seven Farmers Training
Centres (FTC) for the usage of drones in pesticide spray and survey of
crop growth stages.
The new digital Technology "Internet of
Things" (IoT) will be adopted in State Seed Farms and State
Horticultural Farms for automated irrigation and fertigation, for
offering training to farmers on this new technology.
Panneerselvam
said an an exclusive portal called "Tamil Mann Valam" will be launched
in co-ordination with the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University in which
the farmers can get the soil fertility status of their lands - survey
number wise and they can print the soil health cards by themselves.
Recommendations
based on soil fertility will be prescribed for cultivation of
agricultural, horticultural crops and agro-forestry trees.
Remote
Sensing technology will be used to assess cropped area and yield,
through which we can forecast the price by Agricultural Marketing
Intelligence Cell for helping the farmers to get fair price for their
produce, he said.
Facilities will be made for online advance
booking of seeds, planting materials, fruit plants and coconut
seedlings, so that planting is taken up in the right cropping season
itself.
The agricultural labourers can register their details
such as district, block, village directly in the Mobile Application.
This application will serve as a platform to provide employment to
skilled Agricultural labourers and also serve the farmers to undertake
agricultural activities at appropriate time.
Panneerselvam said cashless transactions in agricultural extension centres will be facilitated.
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