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Vol. 11, Issue 12 (2022)

Weather based agro met advisories to enhancing the crop production and income of the farmers in Amravati district

Author(s):
SG Mundhe, VB Pohare and KP Singh
Abstract:
Agricultural crop production depends upon various factors, of which weather parameters is the major component. The weather variations occur with change in space and time, hence, its weather forecast were helpful to reduce the risk of farm losses through management practices for agricultural operations. Farm losses are not totally controlled as well as weather factor is not possible but it can be reduced to some level by making adjustments through timely warning and accurate information of weather forecast.
Weather forecast and weather based agromet bulletins to help enhancing the economic profit for the farmers by advise them the proper management practices according to the weather conditions. To analysis and study was, therefore, undertaken on adaptation of agromet advisory bulletin and economic resultant of agromet advisory services for Soybean during kharif 2022 and for Chickpea during Rabi 2021. For assessing the impacts of agromet advisory services, users of agromet advisory services (AAS) and non-users of agromet advisory services (non AAS) were selected the farmers from 6 villages, name i.e. Pala, Takli Bk, Hartala, Khirghawan, Anjangaon Bari and Shirajgaon Kasba. Results revealed that the farmers, who followed the agromet advisories bulletins, to depletion the input cost and to increase in the net benefit was to estimate the non AAS farmers in Soybean and Chickpea. This profit was due to the proper crop management done by the farmers according to agromet advisory bulletins. To applying the agromet advisory bulletin, based on current and forecast weather is a useful tool for enhancing the production and income.
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How to cite this article:
SG Mundhe, VB Pohare, KP Singh. Weather based agro met advisories to enhancing the crop production and income of the farmers in Amravati district. Pharma Innovation 2022;11(12):5517-5519.

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