Mahalanobis National Crop Forecast Centre

MONTHLY PROGRESS REPORT, AUGUST 2019

मासिक प्रगति रिपो셍ट: अगत,2019 Monthly Progress Report: AUGUST, 2019

मु奍यविशेषिाएं/Highlights

➢ रा煍य-राष्ट्रीय स्तर की गꅍने की फसल का आकलन और उ配पादन विश्लेषण (एफ 1) FASAL पररयोजना के तहत ककया गया।

➢ अगस्त प्रथम पखिाडे के ललए विलिꅍन संकेतकⴂ का उपयोग करते हुए 17 रा煍यⴂ का जजला स्तरीय सूखा आकलन। ➢ प्रधानमंत्री फसल बीमा योजना के तहत राजस्थान रा煍य के बाडमेर और जालोर जजले के ललए उपज विसंगतत का विश्लेषण। ➢ 9 अगस्त को पीएमएफबीिाई के ललए स्मा셍ट सℂपललंग पर एक ददिसीय दहतधारकⴂ की कायटशाला। ➢ िारतीय अंतररक्ष कायटक्रम के जनक डॉ। विक्रम सारािाई की जꅍमशती मनाने के ललए

उ配तर प्रदेश के बागपत जजले के ककशनपुर बराल गााँि मᴂ ककसानⴂ और ग्रामीण छात्रⴂ के ललए कृ वष के ललए ररमो셍 सᴂलसंग पर एक कायटशाला।

➢ State-National level Sugarcane (F1) crop acreage estimation and production analysis carried out under FASAL project ➢ District level Drought Assessment of 17 states using various indicators, for August first fortnight ➢ Yield discrepancy analysis for Barmer and Jalore district of Rajasthan state under Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana ➢ One day stakeholders Workshop on Smart Sampling for PMFBY on 9th August ➢ A Workshop on Remote Sensing for Agriculture for farmers and rural students at Kishanpur Baral Village of Bagpat district, to celebrate the Birth Centenary of Dr Vikram Sarabhai, the father of Indian Space Programme.

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Forecasting Agricultural output using Muzaffarpur districts of Bihar and Citrus in Sri Space, Agro-meteorology and Land based Ganganagar district of Rajasthan observations (FASAL) ➢ Completion of Citrus layer in Mehasana and (a sub-scheme under Integrated scheme on Mango layer in Surat, Navsari, Valsad. ➢ Object Based Classification for Citrus orchards Agriculture Census, Economics and Statistics in Akola, Amravati, Nagpur and Mango acreage of DAC&FW) estimation in Aurangabad districts of ➢ National/State level Sugarcane crop acreage Maharashtra and Kolar, Chikkballapur, estimation and production analysis (F1) was Ramnagara District of Karnataka. carried out for the year 2019-20 under FASAL ➢ Review Meeting with JS (MIDH) on 28th August project for five major producing states i.e. 2019 to update about CHAMAN activities and Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Maharashtra the annual action plan. and Uttar Pradesh. National Agricultural Drought Assessment ➢ Resourcesat-2 AWiFS (Advanced Wide Field and Monitoring System (NADAMS) Sensor) Composite of 10 Days NDVI Product (a component under FASAL project of data (56m Spatial Resolution) during the DAC&FW) period from April to July, 2019 was used for acreage estimation. ➢ NDVI and NDWI map generation using MODIS- ➢ State level yield have been estimated by Met- Terra (250m spatial resolution) and NDVI map sub division level yield models using weather generation using Resourcesat-2, AWiFS (56m data (Rainfall and Temperature) up to July spatial resolution) for the first fortnight of 2019. August 2019. ➢ National/State level crop acreage estimation ➢ District wise weekly and cumulative rainfall and production analysis for Kharif paddy (F1) deviation calculation and map generation for is going on using Microwave SAR (Sentinel-1), 17 states of India 2019 using IMD rainfall data. weather and remote sensing data for the year ➢ Daily NOAA CPC Rainfall product (0.5° X 0.5°) 2019-20 under FASAL project for thirteen and daily global PET data has been processed major producing states. using soil water balance model to generate ➢ National/State level Paddy(F1) yield was daily soil moisture and PASM Maps upto 28th estimated using MSBD level weather data and August 2019. Crop simulation model ➢ Assessment and mapping of Crop Sown Area ➢ MNCFC analysts participated in detailed using Satellite data (Proba-V). Ground truth collection in Assam, Haryana, ➢ Drought indicators (Rainfall NDVI, NDWI, SPI, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Odisha and Uttar Sown Area and Soil moisture) were assessed Pradesh. for 17 states, at district level, for the first fortnight of August. Co-ordinated Horticulture Assessment and ➢ Updation of database for Rainfall, PASM and Management using geo-informatics NDVI/NDWI stats and uploading on Drought (CHAMAN) portal. (a project under Mission for Integrated ➢ Inputs were provided for revision of Drought Development of Horticulture, DAC&FW) manual.

➢ An evaluation of the Soil Moisture Product ➢ Mango orchard layer edited in Sultanpur, provided by Vandersat was carried out vis-à-vis Amroha and Unnao districts of Uttar Pradesh Rainfall and Model derived Soil Moisture. and verification of layers with the Google Earth in the Rohtas, Banka, Pashchim Champaran ,

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➢ MNCFC officials regularly paretaicaipted in Spatial Inf. Sci., XLII-3/W6, 659–663, weekly meetings of Crop Weaher Watch Gropu https://doi.org/ 10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-3- amd Crop Weather Watch Group for D W6-659-2019, ➢ Dubey, S. K., Pooja, Latwal, Asha, Kanti, Support to Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Prabha, Mandloi, Divyani and Ray, S. S. (2019) Yojna (PMFBY) Analysis of Guar, Moth, Bajra and Moong Yield in Jalore & Barmer districts of Rajasthan during ➢ A workshop to have consultations with the Kharif, 2018. MNCFC/PMFBY/SR/06/2019. stakeholders for implementation of Smart Mahalanobis National Crop Forecast Centre, Sampling technique (Remote sensing-based DAC&FW, Pusa Campus, New – 110012. identification of location for conducting CCEs) 76p. in at least 10 Rice growing States from Kharif ➢ FASAL (2019) Jute Production Forecast 2019- 2019 under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima 20. MNCFC/FASAL/2019-20/01. Mahalanobis Yojana (PMFBY) was conducted on 9th August National Crop Forecast Centre, DAC&FW, Pusa 2019 at MNCFC. The workshop was attended Campus, New Delhi – 110012. 33p. by the Representatives from ISRO Centres, ➢ MNCFC (2019) Crop Intensification: Mapping NSSO, PMFBY-TSU, State Agriculture and monitoring of post-kharif rice fallow lands Departments and State Remote Sensing using satellite remote sensing and GIS Centers. technologies for rabi crop area expansion. ➢ A protocol on Smart Sampling was prepared MNCFC/CI/2018-19/02. Mahalanobis National and sent to different sates for their comments Crop Forecast Centre, DAC&FW, Pusa Campus, and feedback. New Delhi – 110012. 52p. ➢ Analysis of Yield discrepancy in Barmer and

Jalore districts of Rajasthan state for Guar, OTHER ACTIVITIES Bajra, Moth and Moong crop of Kharif, 2018,

was carried out by MNCFC under PMFBY. In ➢ A workshop on Remote Sensing for Agriculture order to assess the condition, Weekly and was organized for farmers and rural students Monthly rainfall, Standard Precipitation Index, at Kishanpur Baral Village of Bagpat district, Soil Moisture, NDVI, NDWI, Vegetation Uttar Pradesh on 14th August to celebrate the Condition Index along with other collateral Birth Centenary of Dr Vikram Sarabhai, the information like Drought report, Market father of Indian Space Programme. Arrival, Study report etc. were analyzed. Yield ➢ Database preparation for screening of estimation was done for 1775 Insurance Unit candidates for recruitment of 23 Talukas using Remote Sensing and ➢ Completion of Land Use/Land Cover Mapping weather based models. Final Patwar level yield of Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, West were estimated, combined with CCE data. Bengal.

➢ Various Preparatory activities (posters and PUBLICATIONS presentation) were carried out for the UNCCD

COP 14, being organized in Delhi, during 2-13 ➢ Prashnani, M., Saxena, S., Chaudhary, K., September, 2019. Murthy, C. S., and Ray, S. S. (2019) Site ➢ Two scientific published review papers were Suitability Analysis for Growing Short Duration discussed, under the Paper Discussion Series at Crops in Post Kharif Rice-Rabi Fallows: An MNCFC. The papers were “Advances in SAR in Exploratory Study for Four Districts of Eastern agriculture remote sensing”, “Latest Trend in India, Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Geo spatial Technologies and Agriculture

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Remote Sensing Big data: Management and ➢ Agriculture Counsellor, the Embassy of Application”. Netherlands visited MNCFC to discuss about ➢ A special issue of MNCFC Newsletter Purvika the FASAL and CHAMAN project’s and was brought on Dr Vikram Sarabhai, Father of possible collaborations. Indian Space Programme.

Workshops Conducted

Workshop for consultations with the stakeholders for implementation of Smart Sampling technique in PMFBY on 9th August 2019 at MNCFC

Workshop on Remote Sensing for Agriculture, jointly with Indian Society of Remote Sensing, for Farmers and Students of Rural to observe 100th Birth Anniversary of Dr Vikram Sarabhai, at DAV Inter College, Kishanpur Baral, , UP

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The Scientists of MNCFC participated in the following Meetings/Workshops/ Conferences

Date & Venue Meeting/Conference Participated by Role

7th August, FICCI, National Conference on “Risk Dr. S. S. Ray, Director New Delhi Mitigation through Tech Innovations in Agri Insurance” 29-30, August 3rd National Review Conference on 2019, PMFBY, 29-30 August, 2019, Guwahati Guwahati

Contact: Director, MNCFC, Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers’ Welfare, Pusa Campus, New Delhi .Web: www.ncfc.gov.in, Email: [email protected]

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