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Digital Agriculture Mission and AgriStack

India's Digital Agriculture Mission (approved by the Union Cabinet with an outlay of ₹2,817 crore) and the AgriStack initiative represent the government's ambition to build a Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) layer for agriculture — creating farmer identity, farm geolocation, and crop monitoring databases that can power personalised, verified advisories.

Key details

AgriStack comprises Farmer ID (linking individual farmers to land and identity), Farm ID (geotagged land parcels), and Crop Survey data — enabling hyperlocal advisory targeting.
Bharat VISTAAR will integrate ICAR's research database with AI to deliver multilingual, region-specific advisories via mobile platforms.
A consent-based data management framework is proposed to protect farmer data privacy within the AgriStack ecosystem.
Budget 2026 earmarked ₹2,817 crore for digital agriculture infrastructure, including advisory platforms and market linkage tools.

In the news

● Tracked since February 16, 2026 · last seen April 07, 2026 · updates as the daily brief publishes

07 Apr '26

Tied portion under SASCI to include ‘Right of Way’, linking farmer ID with fertilizer usages

Economics

02 Apr '26

Centre pushes states on fertiliser black-marketing, MSP procurement; 9.25 crore farmer IDs created

Economics

01 Mar '26

How AI adoption is reshaping India’s agri sector: Risks, opportunities & advisory imperatives

Economics

16 Feb '26

Accountability of agritech companies in issuing advisories a big challenge

Science & Technology

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