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DAILY NEWS ANALYSIS

  • 07 September, 2021

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National Farmers’ Database

National Farmers’ Database

  • The Centre has created a National Farmers’ Database with records of 5.5 crore farmers, which it hopes to increase to 8 crore farmers by December by linking it to State land record databases, according to Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar.
  • Agriculture has to be linked with digital technology, scientific research and knowledge.
  • The national database was created by taking data from existing national schemes such as PM-KISAN, soil health cards and the insurance scheme PM Fasal Bima Yojna.
  • So far, 5.5 crore farmers had been identified in this manner.
  • The Minister urged the States to create their own databases using the national database’s federated structure and also allow linkages to the land records maintained by the States.
  • With the help of State governments, a total of eight crore farmers would be included by the end of the year, he said.
  • He also urged them to study the Karnataka model for digital agriculture presented at the conference.
  • The database could be used “for targeted service delivery with higher efficiency and in a focussed and time-bound manner” and that it was the core for the proposed Agristack digital agriculture ecosystem.
  • Already, companies such as Microsoft, Amazon and Patanjali had been asked to develop technology solutions for farmers using data from the database.
  • Activists have raised privacy and consent concerns about using farmers’ data in such a way.

Source: TH


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