ISRO invites Applications for a free course on Geospatial Technology for Climate-Smart Agriculture

ISRO has announced a free online course for students, researchers, and professionals from the fields of Agriculture Science, Agricultural Engineering, Meteorology, Climatology, and so on. The course “Geospatial Technology for Climate-Smart Agriculture” is designed for learners to acquire knowledge and skills related to geospatial technologies that are used to improve agricultural productivity and sustainability.

The course will be provided in the form of video-recorded lectures, lecture slides, handouts, and recorded lectures on YouTube. The program can e easily assessed through the e-class platform of IIRS.

The course is designed in such a way that a wide range of learners whether they be scientists, researchers, students, or anyone else interested in geospatial technologies to improve agriculture can be benefitted from it. The course will cover the major concepts and skills required to use geospatial technology to collect and analyze data about agricultural patterns. Learners will be able to utilize their knowledge to collect, analyze and interpret data for agricultural systems.

What will be covered in this free course of ISRO?

The course aims to introduce the concept of Climate-smart agriculture (CSA). CSA is a systematic approach to managing agricultural systems at the current time of food crisis and climate change. As food security is a rising concern for nations in the world, CSA can be seen as the need of the hour. This course will allow learners to brainstorm through the ideas of landscape management, utilization of technology, and building a smart approach to agriculture.

The curriculum of the course will cover topics as follows:

• Introduction to Geospatial Technology
• Remote Sensing and its Applications in Agriculture
• Space and Geo-Informatics for Climate Smart Agriculture
• Earth Observation for Agricultural Monitoring
• Geospatial Technology for Agro-climate Risk Assessment and Climate-Resilient Agriculture
• Geospatial Inputs for Agricultural Drought Monitoring and Vulnerability Assessment  
• Crop Water, Water Stress and Irrigation Water Requirement Studies using Earth Observations and Geospatial Technology 

Conclusion 

It is a great opportunity to learn from the eminent scientists of ISRO. And, if you are someone who is interested in learning about geospatial technologies and improving agricultural systems then, the course “Geospatial Technology for Climate Smart Agriculture” might be beneficial.

The article has been written by Punam Singh