The Union Government on August 15, launched the AI-based National Pest Surveillance System (NPSS) that will help farmers to connect with agriculture scientists and experts on controlling pests using their phone.
At the launch event in Indian Council of Agricultural Research here, Mr. Chouhan said the Centre’s effort is to take new technological innovations in agriculture to the farmers. “All new developments in the field of agriculture should be beneficial for the farmers,” he said and added that increasing yield is a priority for the Narendra Modi government. “Farmers need better seeds for increasing productivity. Our scientific community is working with farmers towards this,” he said.
The aim of NPSS is to reduce the dependence of farmers on pesticide retailers and inculcate a scientific approach among them towards pest management. NPSS will analyse the latest data on pests using AI tools to help farmers and experts in pest control and management.
The Minister said technology should reach the fields and NPSS is one such effort. “If we know the pest attack immediately and at the beginning of the attack, it will help in curing. This system will help in identifying the pests and controlling it. The benefit of the technology must go to farmers,” he said, adding that the Ministry will make efforts to strengthen the connect between scientists and farmers.
The Ministry said NPSS will help about 14 crore farmers in the country. The Centre envisages connecting scientists with the fields using the platform. Farmers can take photos of the infested crops or the insect using the NPSS platform and these will reach scientists and experts, it said.
Using the correct quantity of correct pesticide at the correct time is the challenge and this system helps the farmers to address this challenge,” Union Agriculture Secretary Devesh Chaturvedi told. He said it will help in addressing the problem of using excessive pesticides.
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