GIS mapping
Coverage of GIS mapping in the Nexus archive.
- Pakistan publishes its agriculture census, revealing the federation beneath our fields
Pakistan's 2024 Agricultural Census is the first to digitally combine agriculture, livestock, and farm machinery data. It reveals a 34% increase in farms (11.1 million) since 2010, with average farm size dropping from 6.4 to 5.3 acres due to land fragmentation, now affecting 4.98 million farms split into an average of seven parcels. The report highlights challenges like inheritance-driven fragmentation and gender injustice in land distribution.
- Kochi Corporation’s health standing committee to consider proposal to use drones for mosquito control
Kochi Corporation’s health standing committee is considering two proposals for drone-based mosquito control. One proposal involves a start-up using drones to spray insecticide, while another company suggests using drones to spray an organic compound at mosquito-breeding grounds identified via GIS mapping.