India - Eyes in the sky, farmers rest insured

03.06.2020 190 views
Paddy farmers in Odisha look to the skies with the hope that rain will help ease the dry conditions in their fields. Their prayers are answered but often long after the scorching heat of the Sun turns the green fields into dirty brown patches with scattered straw and shrivelled grains. Many farmers abandon the crop. Some farmers have insured their crops under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) because droughts are becoming frequent in their area but, as it happens often, the compensation for crop loss is credited to their bank accounts much later when the next crop is already in the field. The story gets repeated in many places in different ways, and it may result from drought, flood or an infestation of brown planthoppers. Satellites have a sharper vision with Synthetic Aperture Radar What delays the claim settlement process is the time consuming and cumbersome process of crop loss assessment which identifies crop area affected and harvested yield, through a large number of crop cuts in selected Gram Panchayats (GPs). Technology can help to generate faster estimates of crop loss using ‘eyes in the sky’. These optical or radar (microwave) imaging systems on board satellites repeatedly scan the land surface at a resolution that is good enough to capture the changes occurring in ground at field level. The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), working with the government of Odisha, maps rice areas, monitors crop growth, estimates paddy yields and assesses damages caused by adverse weather events (drought, floods) using a combination of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) images and crop growth models. Establishing regional rice crop monitoring and information systems help governments, agricultural intermediaries, traders and relief organizations in better managing domestic rice production and distribution during normal growing conditions and when natural calamities strike. The generated information can further be used to make agricultural insurance solutions more efficient and transparent. How does it work? The IRRI team uses satellite-based technology that provides timely and precise information on rice-growing areas, yields and estimated losses. This is based on the European Space Agency’s (ESA) satellite system Sentinel, which provides free coverage of all of Asia at regular intervals. Sentinel-1 uses a radar sensor, which scans large areas of the earth’s surface with electromagnetic waves. SAR senses microwave signals reflected off Earth’s surface as bats navigate in caves (Bats create sounds that bounces off walls as an echo which helps them gauge the distance from the wall). The signal reflected back to the radar antenna, called ‘backscatter’, depends on the properties of the target, i.e. land, water, vegetation, and allows the determination of a number of target characteristics. The advantage of radar based measurement is that the surface does not need to be illuminated by the Sun (images can be acquired day and night) and, unlike optical satellites, the radar waves penetrate clouds to ‘see’ the surface during monsoons. As the satellites re-visit the same area at fixed intervals, crop growth is monitored for extended periods, making it easier to estimate crop yields. Mid-season yield forecast, end-of-season yield estimates and the extent of crop damage induced by drought/flood events are shared with the government. Source - https://krishijagran.com
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