Sustainable agriculture development requires a holistic approach, maximizing the crop yield
after taking into account any pre-carious environmental conditions. In this context, the Indian
experience of using satellite Remote Sensing and GIS techniques for Integrated Mission for an
Sustainable Development (IMSD) becomes relevant. The primary goal of IMSD is to integrate
in a GIS environment, information on natural resources derived from satellite Remote Sensing
such as soils, landuse/ land cover, slope and surface and ground water potential etc., with
relevant collateral socio economic data at each watershed level, to arrive at locality specific
action plans for sustainable development