The document discusses the application of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in Indian agriculture, highlighting its importance in precision farming and addressing challenges like poor seed quality and inadequate water supply. It presents how GIS technologies enhance crop mapping, resource management, and decision-making while also noting obstacles such as connectivity issues and literacy levels among farmers. The conclusion emphasizes GIS's potential to improve farm management, market exposure, and incomes.

1. DeenDayalUpadhyayaGorakhpur University
Marching Towards Excellence
TOPIC
Application of GIS in Agriculture
PRESENTED BY-
Nishat Fatima
Research Scholar
Environmental Science

2. CONTENTS
• Introduction of agriculture
• Challenges in Indian agriculture
• Use of GIS in agriculture
• Crop mapping
• Factors contributing to increase in use of GIS
technologies
• Challenges
• IT Vision 2020
• Conclusion

3. Introduction of Agriculture
• India rank 2nd in farm output.
• Agricultural with fisheries and
forestry contributes 13.7%
GDP.
• GDP contribution is declining
at a rapid rate.
• Growing population , climate
change is potting enormous
food security related
challenges.
• Agriculture is location
dependent, as specific crop
grows in specific areas.

4. Challenges in Indian Agriculture
Challenges
Poor
quality
seeds
Low crop
yield
Inadequate
water
supply
Inadequate
pesticide
use
Traditional
agricultural
practices
Small and
scattered
land
holdings

5. Use of GIS in Agriculture
• Geographical information system
or GIS, are extensively used in
agriculture, especially in
precision farming. GIS is used in
decision making such as what to
plant and where to plant using
historical data and sampling.
Function of GIS
 Digital mapping
 Analysis of crop health
 Agro-climatic condition
 Crop yield estimation
 Site suitability analysis for
agriculture
 Precision agriculture

6. Crop Mapping
• Create crop maps,
meteorological maps, agro-
climatic zones.
• Compare time interval between
different stages of crop growth
through visual analytics.
• Image capture through UAVs
processing and visualization in
near real-time for monitoring
purpose.
• UAV or satellite captured
processed images can be
utilized to determine crop
stress, crop health status,
quality, quantity etc.

7. Factors contributing to increase in use
of GIS technologies
25%
25%
17%
17%
8%
8%
Efficient management of
resources
Greater analytic
capabilities
Web based technology to
disseminate data services
Efficient monitoring and
decision making
Easy to adopt 8%
Others

8. Challenges
• The lack of reliable connectivity in rural areas.
• Poor literacy level.
• Farmers benefit more from simple technology,
which communicates information, which is
relevant and easy to understand.
• Door delivery of information is limited by the
fact that there are a very large number of farm
households and many families may not own
radios or television sets and may not have
access to a daily newspaper.

9. IT Vision 2020
• Department of Agriculture and corporation (DAC) has some vision
such as-
1. Extension and advisory services making use of information
technology would be available to the farmers on round the clock
basis.
2. The tools for information technology will provide networking of
agriculture sector not only in the country but also globally.

10. CONCLUSION
GIS can improve farm management and
farming technologies by efficient farm
management.
GIS helps in better marketing exposure and
pricing and reduction of agricultural risks
and enhanced incomes.

11. Thank You !