Part of: GS Prelims and GS-II – Policies and interventions and GS – III – Agriculture
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The Central Government’s new National Farmers Database will only include land-owning farmers for now as it will be linked to digitised land records.
A data policy is being prepared specifically for the agriculture sector in collaboration with the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY).
The Government can make use of the database for targeted service delivery with higher efficiency.
It is the first step for the initiative that would serve as the core of the Agristack.
What is Agristack?
AgriStack is a collection of technologies and digital databases that focuses on farmers and the agricultural sector.
AgriStack will create a unified platform for farmers to provide them end to end services across the agriculture food value chain.
It is in line with the Centre’s Digital India programme, aimed at providing a broader push to digitise data in India, from land titles to medical records.
Each farmer will have a unique digital identification (farmers’ ID) that contains personal details,
Each ID will be linked to the individual’s digital national ID Aadhaar.
Benefits
Problems such as inadequate access to credit and information, pest infestation, crop wastage, can be addressed by use of digital technology
It will increase innovation and investment towards the agricultural sector
