The Department of Agriculture, Kamrup (Assam) recently organised a hands-on training programme on Krishi Mapper to strengthen digital monitoring of agricultural activities and improve farmer registration under the platform.

Key Highlights

• Krishi Mapper is a national digital initiative of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India, aimed at accelerating the digital transformation of the agriculture sector.
• The initiative is implemented by the Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, in coordination with State Agriculture Departments.
• The objective is to create digital maps of agricultural land, crops and farming activities, enabling better planning, monitoring and delivery of agricultural services.
• The platform helps digitally track agricultural activities such as seed distribution, crop sowing, crop harvesting, and the distribution of agricultural inputs, farm machinery and equipment.
• It supports real-time monitoring by the Central and State Governments, improving transparency and evidence-based decision-making.
• During the Kamrup training programme, officials emphasised accurate farmer registration, ensuring that no eligible farmer is left out of the digital database.
• The programme also focused on operational guidelines, implementation strategies, and resolving challenges for timely execution.

Significance of Krishi Mapper 

• It promotes digital agriculture by creating a reliable database of agricultural land and farming activities.
• It improves transparency in the implementation of government schemes and subsidy distribution.
• It enables better policy planning through location-specific agricultural data.
• It supports precision agriculture, efficient resource management, and faster service delivery to farmers.
• It strengthens coordination between farmers, field officials and government agencies.

Exam Hook (Prelims)

1. Consider the following statements regarding Krishi Mapper:

1. It aims to create digital maps of agricultural land and farming activities.
2. It supports monitoring of agricultural inputs, machinery and crop-related activities.
3. It forms part of India’s efforts towards digital transformation in agriculture.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

(a) 1, 2 and 3 

One-Line Wrap

Krishi Mapper is strengthening India’s digital agriculture ecosystem by enabling real-time mapping, transparent monitoring and data-driven delivery of agricultural services to farmers.