Vol. 12, Issue 4 (2023)

Author(s):
Fakeerappa Arabhanvi, Raghavendra Yaligar, Sheshakumar Goroshi, Mamatha Madli and Baswaraj Biradar

Abstract:
The farmer’s survey was conducted during Kharif 2020-21 to assess the socio-economic impact of Agromet advisory services provided under Gramin Krishi Mausam Seva (GKMS) scheme, an operational scheme jointly implementing by IMD and ICAR in collaboration with other stakeholders like SAUs, State Agriculture Department etc. The survey was conducted with randomly selected 25 farmers distributed across different villages of Koppal district of Karnataka state, where one of the District Agrometerological Units (DAMU) under GKMS has been established in the premises of Krishi Vigyan Kendra to look after data collection, preparation of bulletin and timely dissemination of the information to the farmers in the district. The questionnaire related to climate anomaly, mode and time of dissemination etc., was prepared and collected information. The analysis shows that, agro advisory messages received through WhatsApp group was most popular and easily accessible among all the modes of dissemination. About 68 percent of farmers could get information regarding weather forecast and different agricultural activities through WhatsApp. In addition, more than 75 percent of the farmers were adopted weather based different agricultural activity like., field operations, crop and variety selection, irrigation management, pest and disease management and harvest and post-harvest measures on a real basis. Further, the study revealed that, one of the farmer have adopted the Agromet advisories in their day to day operation have realized that 12.85 percent higher grain yield and net profit of Rs.77,325 ha^-1 as compared to non-AAS farmer of neighbouring plot. This farmers survey based study reveals that:- weather forecast and agro advisory services (AAS) were formed to be helpful to the farmers in managing climate risks effectively for sustainable and profitable agricultural production.