NADP  - LAND RESOURCE INVENTORY AND GIS DATABASE FOR FARM, VILLAGE AND BLOCK LEVEL PLANNING

The challenges in agriculture are to increase the productivity per unit area and to prevent the severity of various forms of degradation.  The twine challenges of preventing degradation and increasing productivity of the shrinking land resource can be addressed by adopting site specific and viable land management technologies suitable for each and every parcel of the land in a village.  For this, a detailed GIS database on soil and other secondary resources covering each and every plot of a survey number occurring in a village is required.  When the database is created in a GIS mode, it can be updated and collated with other secondary data for making farm level agricultural planning and strategies.

The project will be implemented in ten blocks of Ariyalur (Tirumanur), Coimbatore (Annur), Dharmapuri (Pappireddipatti), Dindugal (Oddanchatrum), Krishnagiri (Uthangarai), Namakkal (Rasipuram), Perambalur (Perambalur), Ramnad (R.S.mangalam), Salem (Veerapandi) and Villupuram (Gingee) districts which are selected based on the agricultural activities and rural setting.

The project is jointly carried out by Agricultural Engineering Department (AED), Department of Agriculture (DOA) and Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU). AED will generate digital base maps. DOA will generate soil maps and TNAU will analyze the soil samples and create GIS database.  The total outlay of the project is Rs. 360 lakhs. The AED component will be Rs. 19.14 lakhs, DOA component will be Rs. 208.11 lakhs and TNAU component will be Rs. 132.75 lakhs (Agriculture (AP1) Department G.O.Ms.No. 85 dated 3.3.2008)

Block level soil resources inventory along with village soil and thematic maps will be generated in both hard copy and digital formats.  The database will help the farmers and extension workers for selection of potential crops for the farm holdings, application of soil and crop specific fertilizers, reclamation of problem soils, selection and use of correct agricultural inputs and use of suitable agricultural machineries and tools.  The database will provide the basis for all the activities related to transfer of technologies in agriculture.  The database can be interfaced with other resources databases on climate, socio-economic conditions and marketing facilities etc., and there by enabling the Government in making policy decisions at village and block levels. 

ACTIVITY WISE AGENCIES INVOLVED AND BUDGET PROVISION 
(In lakh rupees)