Satellite intervention in agriculture refers to the use of satellite technology to observe, analyze, and support farming activities from space. Satellites provide real-time data about weather, soil moisture, crop health, and land use — helping farmers mak

Satellite intervention in agriculture refers to the use of satellite technology to observe, analyze, and support farming activities from space. Satellites provide real-time data about weather, soil moisture, crop health, and land use — helping farmers make better decisions.

With satellite images and remote sensing, it becomes easier to:

Monitor crop growth and detect stress (due to pests, diseases, or drought).

Manage irrigation by assessing soil moisture and water availability.

Forecast weather to plan sowing and harvesting.

Map and manage large farmlands effectively.

Support precision farming and sustainable resource use.


Overall, satellite intervention enhances productivity, reduces losses, and promotes smart, data-driven agriculture — a key step toward modernizing Indian and global farming systems.

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2. Role of satellite
intervention on
agricultural
development
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3. Introduction
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4. Objectives
To know the satellite based communication interventions
for agricultural development.
To analyze the application of remote sensing satellite
based interventions on agricultural production.
To understand the constraints and future prospects of
satellite communications.
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5. Classification of Indian satellite
programme
Communication satellites.
Remote sensing satellites.
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6. Communication
satellites:
It is a multipurpose and multidimensional satellite which
brings the people closer, without physical proximity.
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7. Some of the communication
satellites from ISRO
 INSAT 3B –since 1900s
 INSAT 3C- since 2002
 EDUSAT-fully dedicated satellite for education and training(since 2004)
 INSAT 4A- DTH since December 2005
 INSAT 4B- since Feb 2007
 INSAT 4C to be launched by 2007
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8. Use of Communication
satellite for agriculture
development
It can be grouped as follows:
Rural Teleconnectivity
TV and Radio based development
Internet based development
Meteorological data base development
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10. B.TV and Radio based developmentB.TV and Radio based development
Concept of Data Reception, Transmission, and Processing

11. C. Internet based
development
1. e-Agriculture
2. e-Education
3. e-Health services(Telemedicine)
4. e-Marketing
5.e-Banking
6. e-Finance
7.e-Insurance
8.e-Governance
9.e-Panchayath
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D. Meteorological data base
development
Super computer
Agromet
centre
AIR
TV Paper
Farming community
Satellite
EARTH

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14. Remote sensing satellites.
It virtually a space based observation which observes the
surface activity of the earth from space.
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15. Introduction and History
The technology of
modern remote
sensing began with
the invention of the
camera more than
150 years ago.
In the 1840s
pictures were
taken from
cameras secured
to tethered
balloons.


At the end of
the last century
pigeon fleet
operated as the
most novel
platform .
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16. By the first World War,
cameras mounted on
airplanes provided
aerial views of fairly
large surface areas.
In 1946, rockets were
launched that
contained automated
still or movie cameras
that took pictures as
the vehicle ascended.
In the 1960s, Earth-
orbiting cosmonauts
and astronauts acted
much like tourists by
taking photos out of
the window of their
spacecraft.
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17. Satellite and aircraft
remote sensing is popular
nowadays. But satellite
remote sensing is the most
widely used. The
information collected by
satellite is transformed by
data receiving stations.
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18. DIFFERENT STAGES IN REMOTE SENSING
Energy Source or Illumination (A)
Radiation and the Atmosphere (B)

Interaction with the Target (C)
Recording of Energy by the
Sensor (D)
Transmission, Reception, and Processing
(E)
Interpretation and Analysis (F)
Application (G)
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19. RS in agriculture management
1.Agro-climatic mapping.
2.Soil mapping.
3.Watershed development.
4.Agricultural drought assessment.
5.Pest assessment and control.
6.Land use/Land cover mapping.
Role of Satellite Intervention on Agricultural
Development
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Remote sensing satellite based intervention for Remote sensing satellite based intervention for
agriculture development can be explained in the agriculture development can be explained in the
following ways…….following ways…….

20. RS in wasteland management.
RS in wetland resource management.
RS in water resource management.
RS in desert resource management.
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RS in Coastal resource
management
Ocean applications of
remote sensing include the
following:
•Ocean pattern
identification
•Storm forecasting
•Fish stock and marine
mammal assessment
•Oil spill
•Shipping

22. launched on May 26
TH
1999
IRS- P4 (OCEANSAT- 1)
ONBOARD:
OCM -OCEAN COLOUR MONITOR
MSMR-MULTI SPECTERAL SCANNING MICROWAVE
RADIOMETER
A SOLID- STATE MEMORY FOR RECORDING THE DATA
SAILENT FEATURES OF IRS- P4
ALTITUDE :720 KM
MASS :1050 KG
INCLINATION :98.28º
LOCAL TIME AT EQUATOR:12 NOON
REPETIVITY CYCLE:2 DAYS
MISSION LIFE :5 YEARS
Chlorophyll distribution near the coast, detect and monitor phytoplankton's,
collect data an surface temp. and wind speed over ocean.
Collect data’s on atmospheric aerosols and suspended sediments in water
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23. Oceansat image - chlophyl distribution over Luisiana
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24. RS in Natural resource
management
It includes the following:
a. Mineral prospecting.
b. Bio-prospecting.
c. Environmental monitoring.
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25. RS in Crisis
Management
RS helps in planning and
making strategy against
the natural disasters in
the following ways::
A) Drought monitoring
and assessment.
B) Flood / cyclone
management.
C) Weather forecasting.
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27. FORECASTING OF CYCLONE AND FLOODS 27
Clouds formation and movement
Surface winds during cyclone

28. Expert Centre
Location – UAS(B)
Monday : 11.00 AM- 1.30 PM
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29. Village Resource Centers
Initiated by –ISRO -2004
Tamil Nadu
473 VRC’s-22 states
UAS(B)-2006
51 VRC’s-19 districts
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Expert centre
teleconferen
cing
programmes-
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Weather
and
climate-
6
Horticultur
e
productio
n-16
Water
managem
ent -18
Marketti
ng-5
Subsidiary
enterpresi
es-22
Post
harvest
value
addito
n-10
Crop
productio
n-15
Agricultur
e
productio
n-38
Details of Expert Centre Programmes Conducted

31. Performance of VRCs on
farming activities
High 34.5%
Medium 37.0%
Low 27.5%
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32. Case study
2005-2006- highest rainfall
RBRC- 75 villages covering 8340 families
One junior scientists – 800 to 1000 families
Information on weather forecast .
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33. ANS-SIRD, Mysore,
Karnataka
The primary objective of the this institute is to
organize training programmes for elected
members of PRIs.
The TDCC network provides one way video and
two way audio conferencing systems.
Live or recorded lectures are transmitted in video
mode from the teaching end using studio and
satellite facilities.
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34. Benefits of satellite
communication
1.Information to large number of
people by a single expert.
2.Provide information on latest
cultivation practices.
3.Provide information on forecast.

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4.Information on marketing opportunities , ware house
facility, value addition, processing for taking right
decisions.
5.Availability of various subsidies, from
government ,NGO.
6. Information on insurances.
7. Enhancing the knowledge base on natural resources
and water resources.

36. Constraints in fuller
utilization
1.Educational backwardness of the rural areas.
2.Economic backwardness of the rural areas.
3.Lack of infrastructure facilities like electricity.
4.Lack of fund.
5. Low IT literacy and unusual reluctance to adopt
space technology.
6. Lack of technical staff
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37. Future Prospects
Space technology is essential for increasing food Production.
Space technology interventions are future super highways for
rural and agricultural development.
Space technology of future should be rural friendly , so it can
contribute more in agriculture upliftment.
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38. Thank you…
Let us wish for further
success in future days
and let us hope, India
will become the No. 1
country in the space
research and help in
agriculture
development as well as
overall development of
nation…..…….
towards supporting national
development through agriculture
development …….
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