TAD NewsDesk, Karnataka: The state of Karnataka will follow a system which will enable the farmers to receive personalized advisories on crops to increase their yield.
Authorities are using a database which contains the data of land, crop and soil of every farmer. With the help of that they are going to build up on this guidance system. This data will be mixed with village-wise weather details to provide advisories that are relevant to farmers and the crops they are growing.
“We know what each farmer grows, thanks to the crop survey. Then, we have soil health details — red soil, black soil, alluvial soil and so on. Plus, we have weather information for every village depending on the agro-climatic zone. Using all this, the advisory can be given crop-wise, land-wise and agro-climatic zone-wise,”
“There’s nothing better than this. If a person is growing maize, he’ll get what he should know.”
“This is a hidden agenda for mono-cropping and an attempt at specialised farming, making marketing easy for corporates. All that we farmers want, instead, is a secure market.”
