About Digital Agriculture Mission

• It is conceived as an umbrella scheme to support digital agriculture initiatives, such as creating Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI), implementing the Digital General Crop Estimation Survey (DGCES) etc.
  • DPI is a set of digital systems that enables countries to safely and efficiently provide economic opportunities and deliver social services.
• Based on structure of DPI, following 3 DPIs to be built under the mission.
  • AgriStack: Consists of three foundational registries/databases—farmers' registry, geo-referenced village maps, and crop sown registry. 
    • Farmers will be given a digital identity similar to Aadhaar, which will be linked to state’s land records, livestock ownership etc.
  • Krishi Decision Support System: It will leverage geospatial data, drought and flood monitoring, weather and satellite data, and groundwater availability information to assist farmers in making informed decisions.
  • Soil Profiling: Detailed Soil Profile Maps on a 1:10,000 scale of about 142 million ha of the country's agricultural land are envisaged to be completed. 

Significance

• Enable efficient, easier, and faster services and scheme delivery to farmers. 
• Provide employment opportunities to about 2.5 lakh trained local youth and Krishi Sakhis.
• Efficient value chains for agricultural inputs and post-harvest processes.