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CROPIC App
Context
The Ministry of Agriculture highlighted the objectives and functioning of the CROPIC app as a digital support tool under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY).
What is CROPIC?
- CROPIC (Collection of Real-Time Observations and Photographs of Crops) is a digital application developed under PMFBY to collect geotagged, time-series photographs of crop fields.
- It enables near real-time crop surveillance, verification of insured crops, and assessment of damage due to localised calamities.
Key Stakeholders:
- Data is crowdsourced from farmers and field coordinators using smartphones.
- The app facilitates monitoring by insurance companies, State governments, and agricultural officers.
Objectives of CROPIC:
- To enhance transparency in crop insurance claim validation.
- To provide visual evidence of crop health and damage due to climatic perils.
- To support yield estimation models like YESTECH for actuarial and policy purposes.
- To strengthen data-driven decision-making in the crop insurance ecosystem.
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