DIMAPUR , September 17: A video conference meeting was held in the office chamber of state agricultural production commissioner (APC) on September 16, under the chairmanship of additional secretary (digital agriculture), ministry of agriculture & farmers welfare, Vivek Aggarwal, for the project proposal submitted under National e-Governance plan (NeGPA)/digital mission agriculture (DAM) for 2021-22 titled “soil & water resource management and meteorological analysis and forecasting system using remote sensing, GIS mapping, drone and emerging technologies” submitted by the state government.
According to a DIPR report, APC Y. Kikheto Sema congratulated the ministry for the innovative digitals MoU with five firms to provide various farmers advisories services launched by union ministry on September 15.
He gave a brief introduction on the proposal being forwarded and thanked the ministry for sanctioning of setting up of soil testing labs in all districts and mini labs in all 74 blocks.
Kikheto said that farmers in the state still practiced a traditional form of agriculture and there was a need to incorporate modern and emerging technologies in order to transform the agriculture sector of the state by adopting settled/permanent agriculture.
He highlighted that rapid change in climatic conditions such as rainfall pattern, temperature etc., were leading to drought like situation and emergence of pests such as fall army worms that was never experienced in the state.
Kikheto said that it had become important for the state to adopt latest emerging technologies so as to mitigate any eventualities by use of technologies such as weather forecasting, various farmers’ advisory services and also by use of drones for quick assessment of the damages for interventions in real time.
The officials of the department of soil & water conservation and Nagaland GIS and remote sensing centre, government of Nagaland presented the proposal.
The additional secretary (digital agriculture) in principle, agreed with the proposal and invited the state officials to the ministry of agriculture and farmers welfare for the finalisation of the project proposal.
The meeting was also attended by director, department of soil & water conservation K Zhekheto Awomi, project director, Nagaland GIS and remote sensing centre, Mhathung Kithan and other officials.
Source: http://www.nagalandpost.com/soil-testing-labs-to-be-set-up/240455.html
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