Case IN61: When a State Agriculture Department Equated Drone Surveys with Enterprise Architecture Readiness

ICMG | India Enterprise Anatomy Diagnostic Series

Section 1: Aerial Views, Ground Gaps

A state agriculture department deployed drones for crop surveys to map planting patterns, assess crop health, and forecast yields. The rollout was widely promoted as a breakthrough in agricultural modernization and “architecture readiness.”

But the aerial data rarely translated into timely action.

Technology upgrade is not always an Enterprise architecture readiness

The drone imagery was stored in isolated systems with no integration into subsidy processing, irrigation scheduling, or pest control programs. Field officers still relied on manual inspections for official records. Farmers received delayed or generic advisories because analysis pipelines weren’t connected to extension services.

By equating a technology upgrade with architecture integration, the department failed to align data capture, processing, decision-making, and farmer support into a unified flow.

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