CROPIC Initiative 2025

 CROPIC Initiative






The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare plans to launch CROPIC, a study to gather crop information using field photographs and AI-based models.


About CROPIC Initiative

CROPIC stands for Collection of Real Time Observations & Photo of Crops.



It is an initiative under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) 


with a dual purpose of 

  • monitoring crop health and stress 
  • and automation of crop loss assessment 
  • and payment of claims to affected farmers using computer vision technology and photo-analytic models.


Under this initiative, crops will be photographed four-five times during their cycle, 



and the pictures will be analysed to assess their health and potential mid-season losses.

The study will be carried out for two seasons initially, kharif 2025 and rabi 2025-26.


The study envisages collection of field photographs during the crop season using CROPIC mobile application which has been developed by the Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare……


Working of CROPIC

The photographs from the field will be crowd-sourced directly from farmers. Then, they will be analysed for information including -

  • crop type, 
  • crop stage, 
  • crop damage and its extent.


AI-based cloud platform for photo analysis 


This model will use an AI-based cloud platform for photo analysis and information extraction, and a web-based dashboard for visualisation.


Also, when compensation or insurance is to be paid to farmers,


officials will collect the photographs using the CROPIC Mobile App.


It will be rolled out initially in at least 50 districts per season

These districts will be well distributed in different agro-climatic zones 


covering the three major notified crops (notified crops are those covered under insurance schemes like PMFBY) in each district for each season, initially.


Funding: 


The Fund for Innovation and Technology (FIAT) under PMFBY will be used for funding CROPIC 


FIAT has a total outlay of Rs. 825 crore for different technology innovations under crop insurance schemes.

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