{"id":340130,"date":"2025-06-12T14:39:17","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T09:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=340130"},"modified":"2025-06-15T19:13:20","modified_gmt":"2025-06-15T13:43:20","slug":"cropic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/cropic\/","title":{"rendered":"CROPIC Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News:<\/strong> The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare plans to launch CROPIC, a study to gather crop information using field photographs and AI-based models. <strong>CROPIC Initiative<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>About CROPIC Initiative<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_340132\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-340132\" style=\"width: 376px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-340132\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Source-PMFBY-website.png?resize=376%2C302&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"376\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Source-PMFBY-website.png?resize=300%2C241&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Source-PMFBY-website.png?resize=768%2C618&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Source-PMFBY-website.png?w=837&amp;ssl=1 837w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 376px) 100vw, 376px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-340132\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; PMFBY website<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>CROPIC<\/strong> stands for \u201c<strong>Collection of Real Time Observations &amp; Photo of Crops\u201d.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is a <strong>study<\/strong> to <strong>gather crop information<\/strong> using <strong>field photographs and AI-based models<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>CROPIC is envisaged to be used in <strong>collection of geotagged crowd-sourced photographs from farmers<\/strong> and field <strong>coordinators through smartphones<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Purpose<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>CROPIC is an initiative under<strong> Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY)<\/strong> with a <strong>dual purpose of monitoring crop health and stress and automation of crop loss assessment and payment of claims<\/strong> to affected farmers using computer vision technology and photo-analytic models.<\/li>\n<li>It will assist in <strong>creating a rich directory of crop signatures<\/strong>, and will also lead to <strong>automation of loss assessment and compensation<\/strong> to eligible farmers under PMFBY.<\/li>\n<li>This initiative is <strong>part of digital innovations in agriculture<\/strong> for fostering financial resilience.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Coverage<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>CROPIC will be rolled out <strong>initially in at least 50 districts per season<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>These districts will be well distributed in different agro-climatic zones <strong>covering the three major notified crops<\/strong> (notified crops are those covered under insurance schemes like PMFBY) in each district for each season, initially.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Funding<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>Fund for Innovation and Technology (FIAT) under PMFBY <\/strong>will be used for funding CROPIC.\n<ul>\n<li>The FIAT has a total outlay of <strong>Rs. 825 crore <\/strong>for different technology innovations under crop insurance schemes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare plans to launch CROPIC, a study to gather crop information using field photographs and AI-based models. CROPIC Initiative About CROPIC Initiative CROPIC stands for \u201cCollection of Real Time Observations &amp; Photo of Crops\u201d. 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