Gujarat to begin 45-day digital crop survey covering over 95 lakh plots from Aug 15
Gandhinagar, Aug 10
Gujarat will begin a 45-day statewide digital crop survey on August 15, covering more than 95 lakh agricultural plots across 18,197 villages as part of the Centre's AgriStack initiative, the state government said on Monday.
The survey for the Kharif-2026 season will cover cultivable areas across all districts of the state and will continue until September 30.
The exercise aims to digitally record details of crops cultivated on individual fields and survey numbers.
Under the system, designated government surveyors will visit each field or survey number and upload information on the crops sown by farmers through a digital application.
The information will include geo-tagged photographs of the crops, allowing cultivation details to be recorded digitally.
The Digital Crop Survey has been carried out across Gujarat since 2024-25 under the central government's 'AgriStack' project. The state government said the current exercise would cover all eligible agricultural plots identified for the Kharif season.
Farmers registered in the Farmer Registry will also have the option of conducting the survey themselves instead of waiting for a designated surveyor.
They can download the Digital Crop Survey application on their mobile phones and use it to register details of the crops cultivated on their land.
The Directorate of Agriculture has appealed to farmers to ensure that the digital survey of all their survey numbers is completed by September 30, either through the designated surveyor in their village or by using the mobile application themselves.
The government has urged farmers to participate in the exercise and complete the crop registration within the stipulated 45-day period.
The survey will run continuously from August 15 to September 30, covering the 18,197 villages and more than 95 lakh plots identified for the Kharif-2026 season.
— IANS
Reader Comments
Good initiative by the Gujarat government! As someone working in agri-tech, I believe AgriStack will truly revolutionize how we manage crop data and insurance claims. The option for farmers to self-register through the app is particularly empowering. Just hope the elderly farmers who aren't tech-savvy get proper support from village-level workers. 🙏
This is great on paper but I'm concerned about the ground reality. My father has 3 acres in Anand and the surveyor hasn't visited our fields in two years despite multiple complaints. Will this new system actually ensure physical verification or just rubber-stamp whatever the app says? The 45-day deadline seems ambitious for 95 lakh plots - that's roughly 40,000 plots per day across the state!
As a retired agriculture officer, I've seen many such schemes come and go. The digital survey is welcome but the government must ensure farmers aren't penalized if there's a technical glitch or connectivity issue beyond their control. The self-registration option is good, but many small farmers don't even have smartphones. We need proper handholding, not just an app. 💡
This is a progressive step! I work with farmer cooperatives in Saurashtra and the idea of geo-tagged crop data will make subsidy distribution and crop insurance claims much more efficient. The timeline seems tight but definitely doable if the district authorities coordinate well. Kudos to the state government for taking this digital leap! 🌾
More bureaucracy disguised as technology. Anyone who's worked
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