Context: To empower the farmers of the country by equipping them with information, services, and facilities using digital technology, the Union minister of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare has inaugurated the Agriculture Integrated Command and Control Center at the Krishi Bhawan in Delhi.
Integrated Command & Control Centre (ICCC)
- It is a technological solution having integrated form of various IT applications and platforms under one umbrella platform.
- It will be based on the usage of technologies like artificial intelligence, remote sensing, and geographic information systems (GIS) to collect and process large amounts of data such as related to temperature, rainfall, wind speed, crop yields, etc. and then present it in graphical format.
- Around eight large LED screens will be installed at ICCC to display information related to crop yields, production, drought situation, cropping patterns, etc.
- The platform will also enable farmer beneficiaries to interact directly with the officials or the Minister through video conferencing facilities at the contact Centre and the helpdesk facility.
- It is operating under the Ministry of agriculture and farmer's welfare.
Uses of ICCC
