India, Feb. 24 -- The Government of India's launch of Bharat-VISTAAR (Virtually Integrated System to Access Agricultural Resources) marks a significant evolution in India's Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) for agriculture. By integrating the national AgriStack with the scientific Package of Practices developed by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and other research organisations Bharat-VISTAAR moves beyond a conventional information portal to become a foundational system for decision-ready, climate-resilient agriculture.

Farmers today face compound and cascading risks-erratic rainfall, droughts and floods, heat stress, pest and disease outbreaks, soil degradation, and increasingly volatile markets. For making farming ...