Paddy Watch

IN NEWS:

• The world’s first real time paddy field monitoring system will soon be launched.

ABOUT PADDY WATCH:

• It is world’s first real-time paddy-field monitoring platform.
• It will give information on the quantity of rice planted and the harvest achieved.
• The app is being built by researchers from the University of Sydney in collaboration with Google Earth and the Group on Earth Observations.
• The project would use the Google Earth Engine to build the first real-time mobile application that will allow management of land use to ensure food security in the world’s rice bowls.
• The countries covered by the project include India, China, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Vietnam.
• Indian Agricultural Research Institute under ICAR is a partner in the project.

PRELIMS QUESTION:

Q. Consider the following statements regarding Paddy Watch, a platform recently in news:

1. It was launched to exclusively assess the threat to Indian Paddy due to Locust attacks.
2. It has been developed by Indian Council of Agricultural Research

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

1. 1 only
2. 2 only
3. Both 1 and 2
4. Neither 1 nor 2

Answer to Prelims question