Tridge summary
The Indian government is developing a digital agricultural platform, AgriStack, which will include a stack of agricultural datasets, including land records, to provide farmers with recommendations and updates on seeds, best practices, weather, agricultural credit, and insurance. The platform is expected to increase farmers' income and improve the efficiency of the agricultural sector. However, concerns have been raised about the accuracy of land records and the potential for data privacy and protection issues, especially with the involvement of private companies in data collection and pilot projects. The platform has received criticism for its centralization and lack of flexibility for states, as agriculture is a state subject. The government's proposal to link a portion of central assistance to states to the progress achieved in implementing IDEA has also raised concerns. Over 90 organizations have expressed concerns about the platform and have requested that its implementation be stopped pending consultations with all stakeholders.
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The government is working on a digital 'stack' of agricultural datasets, with its core as land records. Applications built over the stack will provide farmers with recommendations on which seeds to buy, and best practices to maximise their yield, along with updates on weather, agricultural credit, insurance and more. This will also help increase farmers' income and improve the efficiency of the agricultural sector, the government has said. The proposal comes against the backdrop of the government backtracking on three farm laws passed in September 2020, which the government had said would help in its target of doubling farmers' income by 2022. What is AgriStack? As a collection of digital databases, AgriStack would have some core features including a unique farmer identity number for each farmer, and some building blocks such as data on weather, the newest science and research on agriculture, agricultural commodity prices in India and abroad, information and access to central ...
Source: Business Standard
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