Digital soil-health cards
India
The digital soil health card program is an initiative within the Soil Health Management (SHM) one of the most important interventions under National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA). The soil health card program focuses on mapping soil composition at the individual farmer level, is a significant opportunity for agtech companies in India. This initiative supports precision farming by providing detailed insights into soil quality, allowing agtech firms to tailor solutions for specific farmer groups. A web-based portal and mobile application have been developed for six states (Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Haryana, Assam and West Bengal) to geo-register soil samples as well as to retrieve crop-specific recommendations based on soil health data at any time and from any location.
Lead (category)
Government agency
Name of initiative lead (and partners)
Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare (DA&FW) uner The Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare (MOAFW)
Categories of Digital initiative deliverables
Specific ICT technology product and/or service delivery
ICT products/solutions and services by category
Digital Agriculture
Digital Rural Services
Non ICT products and services (deliverables)
Business and governance structure
The Soil Health Card (SHC) is a printed report that a farmer will be handed over for each of his holdings. It will contain the status of his soil with respect to 12 parameters, namely N,P,K (Macro-nutrients) ; S (Secondary- nutrient) ; Zn, Fe, Cu, Mn, Bo (Micro - nutrients) ; and pH, EC, OC (Physical parameters). Based on this, the SHC will also indicate fertilizer recommendations and soil amendment required for the farm.
DI ICT-deliverables format
Face to face servicing
Primary stakeholders (beneficiaries, actors, enablers)
Farmers
Size, scale or scope of primary stakeholders
Total Allotment ; 6479501. Samples Collected: 2530462. Test Completed & SHC Generated: 440939
Digital Initiative development Stage
Fully operational - Growing and expanding stage
Measurable impacts on primary stakeholders and target beneficiaries
22 crore Soil Health Cards have been distributed in two phases, the main objective of which is to preserve the fertility of the land. The Soil Health Card portal has been revamped and integrated with a GIS system so that all the test results will be captured and can be seen on a map
Initiative geographic scope (or coverage) (national, regional, sector specific, specific user co-horts etc)
National
All over India
On-line resource links (Web-page links, links to videos, links to reports, etc)
Link to Digital village
Link to Digital solution