measures taken by the Odisha Government to improve the conditions of wo4
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With imprints of technology increasing in agriculture sector, Odisha government is set to adopt new ways to increase the quality of farming and farming products.
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In the draft Agricultural Policy of Odisha 2019, the state government aims to promote the use of IoT (internet of things) sensors to keep the real-time check on the supply and consumption of inputs like seeds, fertilizers and pesticides etc. Similarly, it will initiate measures for setting up technology system for automated grading and sorting of crops using robotics and machine vision. It will reduce efforts and wastage in the supply chain.
In addition, the new age technologies like blockchain would be used to support the implementation of contract farming.
The state government will also strengthen the use of drones for remote monitoring, procurement of high-resolution satellite imagery, weather analysis from IMD ( Indian Meteorological Department) as well through private partnerships. "The analysis of the data from various sources will be used in activities like creating agro-advisory, monitoring the situation in the remote areas, crop cutting experiment etc. The data would also be used to help the farmers avail crop insurance and credit that are rightly priced", the draft policy read.