Archive · 3 Jun 2025
Goa Adopts Digital System to Estimate Crop Yields
Imagine farmers using computers to help count how much food they're growing!
Goa is trying out a new system that uses computers and phones to figure out how much crops like rice and sugarcane are being grown.
Instead of writing everything down by hand, they can now enter the information right away using an app and take pictures to make sure it's all correct.
This should make counting crops faster and more accurate.
The new system will help make things run more smoothly.
Farmers and other workers are learning how to use the new tools so that everything goes well.
Goa's Directorate of Agriculture adopted a digital system to estimate crop yield.
The system includes real-time data entry, GPS-tagged images, and automated plot selection.
It is part of the Digital General Crop Estimation Survey (DGCES) nationwide.
The new system aims to replace the traditional manual process with a more transparent approach.
Farmers and agricultural extension officers are being trained on the new digital tools.
- Who
- Directorate of Agriculture and Union Ministry of Agriculture
- What
- Adoption of a digital system to estimate crop yield.
- When
- Ongoing
- Where
- Goa
- Why
- To replace the manual process with a more transparent and accurate approach.
- System Features
- Real-time data entry, GPS-tagged images, automated plot selection, web-based dashboard.
- Project Name
- DGCES (Digital General Crop Estimation Survey).
- Locations
- Goa, Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh
- Crops Surveyed
- Paddy, Sugarcane, Pulses, Groundnuts, Vegetables
- Main Goal
- Replace the decades-old manual process.