Objectives:
It is proposed to establish a Centre of Advanced Agricultural Science and Technology under National Agricultural Higher Education Project on “Skill development to use spatial data for natural resources management in agriculture” with the following objectives.
- To build basic capacity for using RS & GIS techniques applied for betterment of Natural Resource Management particularly in Agriculture and allied sectors.
- To identify appropriate techniques for integration of spatial and ground data to realize problems related to land, water and vegetation.
- To develop user friendly spatial data products using identified technologies for policy makers, researchers, field workers and farmers.
Objective – I: To build basic capacity for using RS & GIS techniques applied for betterment of Natural Resource Management particularly in Agriculture and allied sectors
The first objective of project is to provide training for “Basic capacity building on use of RS & GIS techniques applied for betterment of Natural Resource Management particularly in Agriculture”.
Activities
- Awareness program for Students
- Capability of RS and GIS – useful for agriculture with example
- Data available – quantity and frequency and unused capacity
- Spatial, temporal, extent
- Precision, timeliness
- Buffer areas, decision making
Duration– one day
Outcome
- Acquaintance and curiosity about capabilities of spatial data
2.Introductory program for administrators
- Capability of RS and GIS – useful for agriculture with example
- Data available – quantity and frequency and unused capacity
- Spatial, temporal, extent
- Precision, timeliness
- Buffer areas, decision making
Duration– one day
Outcome
- Acquaintance about capabilities of spatial data in their area of interest
- Educative learning for executives
- Concept of RS and Its application in Agriculture
- Introduction of GIS and Thematic Mapping.
- Capability of RS and GIS – useful for agriculture with example
- Applicability in planning, execution and monitoring the task assigned
- Introduction of ready to use products of RS and GIS applications
- Classified Land use land cover maps
- Classified crop maps
- Ground water potential zone maps
- Lineament maps for Water harvesting site selection in watersheds
- Vegetation index maps for crop yield modelling
- Biotic and abiotic stress assessment
- Crop area identification
- Crop classification and monitoring
- Crop area monitoring and acreage estimation,
- Crop condition assessment
- Crop water requirement through RS & GIS
- Planning for agriculture water management through GIS.
- Satellite data availability at open source
- Collection of field data and verification of satellite data
Duration– one week
Outcome
- Preparedness of executives to accept RS & GIS approach for field work.
- Capacity building for Scientists, Teachers, officials, students and young professionals
- Concept of RS and Its application in Agriculture.
- Satellite, Sensor and Resolution.
- Introduction of GIS and Thematic Mapping.
- Capability of RS and GIS – useful for agriculture with example
- Data available –quantity and frequency and unused capacity
- Applicability in planning, execution and monitoring the task assigned
- Ready to use products of RS and GIS applications
- Classified Land use land cover maps
- Classified crop maps
- Ground water potential zone maps
- Lineament maps for Water harvesting site selection in watersheds
- Vegetation index maps for crop yield modelling
- Biotic and abiotic stress assessment
- Crop area identification,
- Crop classification and monitoring,
- Crop area monitoring and acreage estimation,
- Crop condition assessment,
- Crop water requirement through RS & GIS
- Planning for agriculture water management through GIS.
- Data acquisition, analysis and interpretation
- Satellite data availability on open source
- Collection of field data and verification of satellite data
- Introduction to forecasting
Duration– four weeks
Outcome
- Skilled man power acquainted with remote sensing and GIS capability and using spatial data for application areas
Objective II. To identify appropriate techniques for integration of spatial and ground data to realize problems related to land, water and vegetation
Activity:
- Problem identification in realizing process with satellite and ground data with techniques available. The problems addressed at this point covers
- Land degradation
- Soil pollution
- Crop water stress
- Low water use efficiency
- Abiotic and biotic stress in vegetation
- Grain storage and transportation
- Declining water resources
- Low mechanization
- Low input use efficiency
- Declining productivity
- Low income of farmer
- Making the spatial data maps more precise and accurate using fine resolution data available with present satellite systems will facilitate following tasks (tentative list)
- Watershed Monitoring and impact assessment
- Ground water potential zoning
- Site selection for water harvesting structures
- Status of Storage structures and possible sites for Vegetable and fruit storage
- Watershed prioritization to control soil erosion for sustainable land utilization
- Matching water availability and production in irrigated command and suggestions for increasing the production and farmers income
- Preparation of work plan for river revival
- UAV mapping based decision support system for crop management strategies
- Crop yield modelling& forecasting
- Identification of sites for afforestation and selection of appropriate plants
- Impact of infestation of Sal borer on carbon stock of Sal forest (Biotic stress)
- Ground based high throughput pheno-typing crop varieties for drought and heat tolerance using NDVI as a drought adaptive trait.
- Data analysis and management zone delineation for reducing productivity gaps of major horticultural crops.
- Impact of watershed management on socio economic status
- Identification of degraded land and planning for improvement
- Spatial data based watershed modelling
- Soil moisture and Nitrogen monitoring for improving input use efficiency
- Planning co-operative Farming and marketing for appropriate rates- Entrepreneurship development
- Students undergoing master and doctoral degree program shall be involved to undertake research project on related aspects. They shall be provided research fellowship for the same.
Outcome
- Generating capability of students and faculty for creating thematic maps and integrating them for desired application which is useful for making decisions for managing land, water and vegetation.
Objective – III: To develop user friendly spatial data products using identified technologies for policy makers, researchers, field workers and farmers
Activity:
Preparation of spatial products containing information on special theme or integrated information for decision making
Thematic information available on GIS platform to derive useful information for drought forecasting, disease forecasting, yield assessment, agricultural related input management for precision farming and marketing of agricultural produce within and outside the country.
- Preparation of Theme based maps
- land use/cover map
- crop classification map
- horticultural plantation map
- soil map
- topography map
- erosion map
- ground water potential map
- surface water bodies
- Drainage maps
- water logged areas
- irrigation induced salinity
- command area map
- rainfall map
- Forest canopy map
- Deforestation map
- attribute maps of population of men, livestock, machines, etc
- Preparation of Integrated maps for decision making
- ground water availability map
- site suitability map for soil and water conservation
- crop yield assessment map
- biotic and abiotic stress assessment map
- site suitability map for water harvesting structures
- evaluation and monitoring impact of watershed management
- agro-forestry maps
- afforestation priority map
- watershed prioritization map
- optimized transportation and marketing map
The research shall be promoted to develop such products through master and Doctoral programs. Scholarships to promote the research activities related to project shall be established. Some of the activities like training, capacity building of students, awareness programs may be outsourced to appropriate agency capable of doing so.
Outcome
- Ready to use spatial maps which are user’s friendly for decision making in Natural Resources Management in Agriculture.