CURRENT CONTEXT: Google launched the AMED API—an AI- and satellite-based tool offering detailed crop and field activity data across Indian farms

 ABOUT AMED API:

• Successor to Google’s ALU API; uses AI to map crop type, season, field area, and up to 3 years of historical agricultural data.
• Updates every 2 weeks, enabling near real-time monitoring.
• Aims to support agri-tech startups, rural lending systems, farm resource management, yield forecasting, and climate risk mitigation