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Professor Jayashankar Telangana Agricultural University (PJTAU) volition taxable a study to the authorities connected the satellite-based harvest country estimation connected February 6, Vice Chancellor of the assemblage Prof. Aldas Janaiah said present connected Saturday.
Speaking to newspersons here, helium said the assemblage launched an innovative task to accurately estimation survey-number-wise harvest country successful each colony based connected outer imagery, by entering into an statement with a Switzerland-based steadfast specialising successful the country SARMAP - a outer representation investigation organisation. The results of the task were verified by cultivation field-level unit and the accuracy was astir 90%.
Mr. Janiah stated that the existent harvest country recorded was 8% to 12% little compared to the full cultivated country arsenic per information disposable with the agriculture department. The harvest country estimation was completed successful astir 10,000 gross villages. The Agri-Robotics Laboratory on with a Remote Sensing and GIS Laboratory quipped with precocious exertion were established arsenic portion of the Advanced Digital Agriculture and Technology Centre successful the assemblage and they excessively had played a relation successful harvest country estimation.
Except for astir 870 gross villages for which maps were not available, the satellite-based harvest country estimation was completed for each the remaining gross villages. According to the preliminary results, it was recovered that, connected an average, the existent cropped country was 8% to 12% little compared to the full cultivable country arsenic per records disposable with the agriculture department.
The broad study connected harvest country estimation for each districts would beryllium submitted to Minister for Agriculture Tummala Nageswara Rao. He stated that the workout of outer imagery based harvest country estimation would guarantee that each husbandman who suffered losses person harvest security assertion (compensation).
Further, it would alteration transparency and timely implementation successful the procurement and acquisition of cultivation nutrient and assistance scope assorted authorities schemes to each eligible husbandman successful the State.
