Application of GIS in agriculture

GIS in agriculture helps farmers to achieve increased production and reduced costs by enabling better management of land resources. The risk of marginalization and vulnerability of small and marginal farmers, who constitute about 85% of farmers globally, also gets reduced.
Agricultural Geographic Information Systems using Geomatics Technology enable the farmers to map and project current and future fluctuations in precipitation, temperature, crop output etc.

1. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gorakhpur University Marching Towards Excellence TOPIC Application of GIS in Agriculture PRESENTED BY- Nishat Fatima Research Scholar Environmental Science

2. CONTENTS Introduction of agriculture Challenges in Indian agriculture Use of GIS in agriculture Crop mapping Factors contributing to increase in use of GIS technologies Challenges IT Vision 2020 Conclusion

3. Introduction of Agriculture India rank 2 nd in farm output. Agricultural with fisheries and forestry contributes 13.7% GDP. GDP contribution is declining at a rapid rate. Growing population , climate change is potting enormous food security related challenges. Agriculture is location dependent, as specific crop grows in specific areas.

4. Challenges in Indian Agriculture

5. Use of GIS in Agriculture Geographical information system or GIS, are extensively used in agriculture, especially in precision farming. GIS is used in decision making such as what to plant and where to plant using historical data and sampling. Function of GIS Digital mapping Analysis of crop health Agro-climatic condition Crop yield estimation Site suitability analysis for agriculture Precision agriculture

6. Crop Mapping Create crop maps, meteorological maps, agro-climatic zones. Compare time interval between different stages of crop growth through visual analytics. Image capture through UAVs processing and visualization in near real-time for monitoring purpose. UAV or satellite captured processed images can be utilized to determine crop stress, crop health status, quality, quantity etc.

7. Factors contributing to increase in use of GIS technologies

8. Challenges The lack of reliable connectivity in rural areas. Poor literacy level. Farmers benefit more from simple technology, which communicates information, which is relevant and easy to understand. Door delivery of information is limited by the fact that there are a very large number of farm households and many families may not own radios or television sets and may not have access to a daily newspaper.

9. IT Vision 2020 Department of Agriculture and corporation (DAC) has some vision such as- Extension and advisory services making use of information technology would be available to the farmers on round the clock basis. The tools for information technology will provide networking of agriculture sector not only in the country but also globally .

10. CONCLUSION GIS can improve farm management and farming technologies by efficient farm management. GIS helps in better marketing exposure and pricing and reduction of agricultural risks and enhanced incomes.

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