India Digital Ecosystem of Agriculture (IDEA) framework

In news- The Union Government has finalized an India Digital Ecosystem of Agriculture (IDEA) framework recently.

About India Digital Ecosystem of Agriculture (IDEA) framework-

IDEA was built by taking the publicly available data as existing in various schemes and linking them with the digitized land records.
It provides information from running schemes like the PM Kisan, soil health cards, the national crop insurance scheme PM Fasal Bima Yojna, etc.
It helps in laying down the architecture for the Agri-stack in the country and that would serve as a foundation to build innovative agri-focused solutions leveraging emerging technologies to contribute effectively in creating a better Ecosystem for Agriculture in India.
This Ecosystem shall help the Government in effective planning towards increasing the income of farmers in particular and improving the efficiency of the Agriculture sector as a whole.
As a first step in this direction, the Government has already initiated building federated farmers’ database that would serve as the core of the envisaged Agristack.

Objectives of IDEA-

The objectives of National Digital Agriculture Ecosystem are as follows:

To enable the farmer to realize higher income and better profitability through access to right information at the right time, and from innovative services.
To enable better planning and execution of policies, programs, and schemes of the Central and State governments, and, also of the private sector and Farmers Producer Organizations (FPOs).
To enhance efficiencies in the usage of resources including land, water, seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, and farm mechanization by providing easier access to information.
To provide location-specific and personalized extension services across agriculture lifecycle, with simultaneous protection of privacy of personal data.
To build capacities across the gamut of digital agriculture and precision agriculture.
To promote adoption of standards for interoperability and seamless exchange of information across ecosystems, while ensuring that the digital rights are properly managed.
To give a fillip to R&D and Innovations in agriculture through access to high-quality data.
To adopt the best principles of cooperative federalism while working with the states and union territories for the realization of the vision of IDEA.
To formulate and leverage PPP frameworks for realizing the ‘power of the digital’.

Agristack-

It is a digital ecosystem for end-to-end delivery of services to farmers.
The digital transformation of Indian agriculture through the use of cutting edge technology is the watchword for the creation of Agristack and the IDEA blueprint that undergirds it.
Agristack is described as a “digital ecosystem” for agriculture that is intended to lead to enhanced farm incomes through the use of technology, mainly by “removing the bottleneck of inconsistent information”.
Agristack will create “a unified platform for farmers to provide them end-to-end services across the agriculture food value chain”.

Source: PIB