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Earth System Science Organisation-India Meteorological Deparment (ESSO-IMD) has so far installed 706 Automatic Weather Stations(AWS) and 129 Agro-AWS throughout the country to provide weather information to farmers.Farmers in the country are provided with weather information along with advisories through different modes of communication like AIR, TV, Print Media, private TV channels and SMS using mobile phones, an official from Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare said.In addition to that, Indian Council of Agricultural Research has created a network of 71 AWS in the selected Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) and State Agricultural Universities under National Initiative on Climate Resilient Agriculture(NICRA) project.

It is also hosting a dedicated website for continuous online monitoring of instant weather data across the locations; preparation and dissemination of micro level weather based agro-advisories to farmers.In addition to that, satellite data received through KALPNA and INSAT 3A, INSAT 3D geosationary satellite data are extensively used in weather forecasting.Under the '' Gramin Krishi Mausam Sewa(GKMS)'' Project, Earth System Science Organisation-India Meterological Department (ESSO-IMD) is providing SMS based alert system particularly for extreme events like cyclone, unusual rainfall and hailstorm, for the benefit of the farmers in the country.The Government had launched the Nowcast-Extreme weather Alerts services to farmers on June 18 last year for providing localised extreme weather warnings through SMSes, to more than 1.8 crore farmers registered on mKisan portal. Also, under this project, District Level weather forecast for next five days of weather parameters like temperature(maximum and minimum), rainfall, relative humidity, cloud, wind and also Agromet Advisories are sent to farmers twice a week.Government is implementing a Mission Mode Project-National e Governance Plan-Agriculture(NeGP-A) for helping farmers access information related to latest technology. This project has been approved at a total cost of Rs 858.79 crore for implementation of this scheme over the entire country.Twelve clusters of services have been identified for the project.Dissemination of Information to the farmers has been aimed through various delivery channels, including Common Service Centres, Web Portals, SMSes and Kisan Call Centres and Mobile Apps.

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Quelle/Source: Web India 123, 17.04.2016

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