Maharashtra Digital Crop Survey
MAHARASHTRA
Beneficiary Oriented Solution - State
Agriculture
Published By: SeMT
Maharashtra Digital Crop Survey (DCS) is a statewide digital agriculture survey application developed under the AgriStack initiative to capture accurate and real-time information on crops grown across agricultural land parcels in Maharashtra. The application enables field surveyors and authorized officials to conduct geo-tagged crop surveys using a mobile application, thereby creating a verified digital database of crop, land, and farmer information.
Project Details
Brief Background
The Government of Maharashtra has implemented the Digital Crop Survey (DCS) under the AgriStack framework to digitize crop data collection and improve the accuracy of agricultural records. The application enables geo-tagged, parcel-level crop surveys through mobile devices, creating a reliable database of crop and farmer information to support agricultural planning, crop insurance, disaster relief, and farmer-centric service delive
Objective
To establish a verified, geo-tagged digital repository of crop and farmer data across Maharashtra, enabling accurate crop assessment, efficient delivery of agricultural services and benefits, and data-driven decision-making for agricultural planning, insurance, and disaster relief
Benefits
- Accurate and real-time crop intelligence at village and parcel level.
- Improved targeting of agricultural schemes, insurance, and disaster relief.
- Enhanced transparency and reduction in manual errors.
- Faster crop loss assessment and compensation processing.
- Data-driven agricultural planning and policy-making.
- Creation of a unified and verified farmer-crop database under AgriStack
Implementation Methodology
- Land parcel identification and survey planning.
- Mobile-based geo-tagged field survey by authorized surveyors.
- Digital capture of crop, irrigation, and location data.
- Data validation and supervisory verification.
- Creation of a centralized crop database integrated with AgriStack.
- Utilization of verified data for schemes, insurance, relief, and agricultural planning.
