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Nabcons AI Projects: Water Bodies, Carbon Credits, Agri Tech

21 June 20251 min read
AGRICULTURE & RURALNabcons AIProjects: WaterBodies, CarbonCredits, Agri Tech21 June 2025safalsetu.com

Nabcons also beat its annual business and revenue targets in FY25 while rolling out several technology projects across states.

Key projects

  • Tamil Nadu: AI-based Hawk-Eye for the Single Window for Integrated Waterbody Protection; gives real-time health checks near Chennai, spots encroachments from satellite images and warns of violations and flood risk.
  • Bihar: a SaaS tool for COMFED to digitise dairy receivables and operations.
  • Kerala: Kathir (earlier Kerala Krishi Hub), a digital agriculture platform linking farmers, departments, vendors and surveyors.

Carbon credit pilot, Kolar

  • Partner: Rabobank; participants: small and marginal agroforestry farmers.
  • Satellite imagery with ground-truthing is used to calculate Carbon Removal Units (CRUs).
  • CRUs are sold to global firms through Rabobank’s ACORN platform, with no secondary market, so deals stay direct between farmer and buyer.

Exam angle

  • Nabcons: consultancy arm of NABARD.
  • Kathir was formerly Kerala Krishi Hub.

Test yourself

1. Nabcons is the consultancy arm of which institution?

Nabcons is NABARD's consultancy arm.

2. What was the Kathir digital agriculture platform in Kerala earlier called?

Kathir was earlier Kerala Krishi Hub.

3. Through which platform are Carbon Removal Units from the Kolar pilot sold?

CRUs are sold through Rabobank's ACORN platform.

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