Geoscience Reference
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TV
Air
Print
Existing arrangements
Personal contact
New institutional arrangements
IMD
ATMA
AAS unit
value addition
ZC unit
Jilla panchayat
Mobile,
SMS
KVKs
Website
Adopted
villages
NGOs
SHGs
FIGURe 2.10
Dissemination of weather forecast.
6. Advice about the optimum time of irrigation according to
pan evaporation (Figure 2.10)
7. Advice regarding the optimum time of crop harvest
2.8
Future strategies
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Agro-advisory services will be started at the tehsil/block
level
•
Weather forecasting SMS facilities on mobile will be
increased
•
Quality of weather forecasting will be increased at the
block level
•
Participation in weather-based crop insurance scheme
•
Increase in the accuracy of weather forecasting
References
Hansen, J.W.B. 2002. Realizing the potential benefits of climate
prediction to agriculture: Issue approaches and challenges.
Agricultural System
74: 309-330.
Maji, M.D., Banerjee, R., Das, N.K., Chakraborty, S.
and Bajpai, A.K. 2008. Role of meterological factors on the
incidence of mulberry diseases.
Journal of Agrometeorology
4:
(special issue-Part I): 193-196.
