Current Context : The Union government will announce a Rs 2,800 crore Digital Agriculture Mission.

• Digital Agriculture Mission will pave the way for creation of a nationwide farmers registry, crop sown registry, and georeferencing of village maps.

COMPONENTS

• One of the components of the mission is to create a farmers’ registry, in which every farmer will be given a unique ID.
• The mission also envisages a crop sown registry.
• This will have a record of crops sown by a farmer on his land.
• It will help better planning and estimation of crop production.