Under the National Food Security Mission (NFSM), the Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers’ Welfare has initiated the project Crop Intensification: Mapping and Monitoring of Post-Kharif Rice Fallow Lands using Satellite Remote Sensing and GIS Technologies for Rabi Crop Area Expansion” for two years 2016-17 and 2017-18. The project is being implemented by Mahalanobis National Forecast Centre (MNCFC) in collaboration with National Remote Sensing Centre, Hyderabad.
This Programme is being carried out in six study states Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha and West Bengal, Which area known for the existence of major post kharif rice fallow lands and their potential for growing rabi crops. Satellite derived thematic layers, spectral indices; weather and soil related data are key data sets in this project.