Resilient Agriculture
Advances in GIS Applications for Robust Evidence in Climate-Resilient Agricultural Practices
For decades, India’s farming has relied on local knowledge of land, weather, and water, but the variables have shifted. Rains arrive off cue, heat rises from the ground upward, and financial buffers grow thinner with each cycle. Adaptation now demands more than hard work—it demands a sharper line of sight.
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) delivers exactly that: integrating satellite imagery with climate and land data to track how conditions change both across space and time. From spotting water stress in a single block to forecasting erosion across a watershed, GIS turns guesswork into precision—moving agriculture from blanket spraying to targeted interventions, and from reacting to today’s climate reality to preparing for tomorrow’s.
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Advances in GIS Applications for Robust Evidence in Climate-Resilient Agricultural Practices
To highlight this transformative shift, Sambodhi’s Centre for Agricultural Growth, Resilience, and Integrated Food Systems (AGRI-FS) is hosting a webinar titled ‘Advances in GIS Applications for Robust Evidence in Climate-Resilient Agricultural Practices.’ The session will explore how GIS is driving change across diverse farming contexts—from real-time monitoring of soil and crop health to mapping land use patterns and interpreting climate-related challenges. By weaving together spatial data and boots-on-the-ground realities, GIS delivers the sharp insights that empower researchers, policymakers, and field teams to craft smarter strategies and forge tougher, more adaptive food systems.
Attendees will hear straight from top experts out of research hubs, universities, and hands-on programs as they break down their GIS-powered projects, trade hard-won lessons from the field, and map out the bold path to scaling geospatial tools as a cornerstone for climate-smart agriculture over chemical-heavy defaults.
Speakers
Mr. Biswaranjan Baraj
Assistant Vice President
Lead - Government Advisory and CSR, Sambodhi
Moderator
Mr. Biswaranjan Baraj, Assistant Vice President and SBU Lead – Government advisory & CSR at Sambodhi, has worked at the intersection of evidence, strategy, and action, transforming data into a catalyst for meaningful change. Across 150+ projects spanning agriculture, livelihood, climate change, governance, health, and infrastructure, Biswaranjan has worked with various Ministries of the Government of India, State Governments, corporates, and various donors. He has a master’s degree in Geography from Delhi School of Economics, a master’s in planning from SPA, New Delhi, and a Master’s in Population Science from IIPS, Mumbai.
Prof. Manoranjan Mishra
Department of Geography
Fakir Mohan University, Vyasa Vihar, Nuapadhi, Balasore, Odisha
Dr. Manoranjan Mishra is a distinguished geographer and Professor at Fakir Mohan University, Odisha, where he has been advancing geospatial and climate research with prior academic and research engagements at Sikkim Central University, University of Putra Malaysia, Gangadhar Meher University, Khallikote University, Berhampur University, and as a Visiting Professor at IISER Berhampur (2019–20). Prof. Mishra has authored 89 SCI-indexed publications with a cumulative JIF of 400, over 2,228 citations, an h-index of 25, and an i10-index of 56 (Google Scholar). His research integrates geospatial technology, climate change science, natural resource management, machine learning, cloud computing, and big data analytics to decode environmental complexity.
Dr. Sanjeev Dwivedi
Senior Scientist,
India Meteorological Department
Dr. Sanjeev Dwivedi currently works at the India Meteorological Department as a Senior Scientist. He has also worked at the School of Earth, Ocean, and Climate Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar. He is associated with the National Atmospheric Research Laboratory (NARL), ISRO, Tirupati. He completed his Ph.D. from the ISRO Space Applications Centre, Ahmedabad, and holds an M.Tech. from Andhra University. Sanjeev’s research focuses on monsoon low-level inversion, boundary layer processes, dust dynamics, monsoon systems, climatology, and meteorology. He collaborates with scientists from ISRO and NASA
Mr. Pavan Kumar Yeggina
Associate Scientist
Geospatial Intelligence Lab, IRRI, South Asia Regional Centre, Varanasi
Mr. Pavan Kumar Yeggina, Associate Scientist in Geospatial Technology and Remote Sensing, with over 12 years of experience in satellite-based analytics, agricultural monitoring, and digital agriculture solutions. His expertise spans multi-sensor satellite data fusion, time-series analysis, and machine-learning modeling for applications in climate resilience, natural resource management, sustainable rice-based systems, and regenerative agriculture.
He is currently associated with the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), South Asia Regional Centre, where he leads the design and implementation of advanced geospatial frameworks across India, Bangladesh, and Africa.
What to Expect
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A look at how GIS is transforming India’s agriculture. It combines satellite imagery, weather data, and soil information to support climate-resilient decisions.
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How GIS helps monitor soil and crop health in real time, map land use, and anticipate climate challenges.
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Expert insights from field-tested GIS projects, including lessons learned and strategies for effective implementation.
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The role of GIS in scaling geospatial tools for climate-smart agriculture and reducing reliance on chemical-intensive practices.
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How spatial data informs research, guides government programs, and supports adaptive agricultural systems across regions.
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