Dr. S.S. RAY
Director
Mahalanobis National Crop Forecast Centre (MNCFC)

Spoke about the use of Multispectral data at Mahalanobis National Crop Forecast Centre

MNCFC looks after the various space technology applications on agriculture development

Working on four major programs

Crop forecasting, Drought assessment, Horticulture assessment and Crop Insurance

Under ‘Kisan’ programme, using space technology for better crop assessment

Drought assessment work help farmers indirectly

Remote sensing is used to check the drought situation

It helps provide compensation to the affected farmers

Remote sensing and geospatial technology is used to monitor yield production

Geospatial technology will be used to effectively implement National Crop Insurance Scheme

To take remote sensing to large areas, we need lots of data

We need high resolution imagery at low cost, and regularly

Agriculture has been a driving force for Indian remote sensing programme since beginning

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