Agrometeorology And It's Importance In Crop Production

The presentation is about "Agrometeorology", how it is different from "Meteorology", it's different aspects in crop production, It's future scope. It also discusses about the agromet advisory services provided by the government.

1. AGROMETEOROLOGY AND IT’S IMPORTANCE IN CROP PRODUCTION V S ANU KRISHNA B.SC(Hons) Agriculture BHU,Varanasi

2. METEOROLOGY “ A branch of physics of the earth dealing with physical processes in the atmosphere that produce weather.” “The study of weather.” AGROMETEOROLOGY “A branch of applied meteorology which investigates the responses of crops to the physical conditions of the environment ”. “An applied science which deals with the relationship between weather/climatic conditions and agricultural production”.

3. Branch of atmospheric physics . Branch of applied meteorology. It aims at weather forecasting . It aims at improving quantity and quality of crop production through meteorological skills . It is linking science to the society . It is linking science to the farming community. Meteorology Agrometeorology

4. Crop management and crop monitoring Importance Of Agrometeorology Crop planning for sustainable production Crop modeling and yield-climate relationship

5. Reducing losses of applied chemicals and fertilizers Managing weather abnormalities Selection of sowing dates for optimum crop yields

6. Climate change and crop productivity SOURCE : ICRISAT,2009

7. Future Scope To study climatic resources of a given area for effective crop planning. To evolve weather based effective farm operations . To study the relationship between weather factors and incidence of pests and diseases of various crops . To prepare crop weather diagrams and crop weather calendars . To investigate the influence of weather in protected environment. To study the influence of weather on soil environment on which the crop is grown. Experiment on crop-weather relationship for cauliflower and mustard

8. AgroMet Advisory Service (AAS) deals with extension Agrometeorology . “all agrometeorological and agro-climatological information that can be directly applied to improve and/or protect the livelihood of farmers” (ICAR-CRIDA). T o optimize the resource use under changing climatic condition . To provide the valuable information about all agricultural operations and weather forecasted information. To improve agriculture productivity despite local climatic variations . To minimize the loss due to harsh/aberrant weather conditions  Objectives of AAS AgroMet Advisory Service (AAS)

9. Weather has a significant impact on crop growth and development. Thus, the study of agrometeorology helps in improving the quality and quantity of crop production. Negative impacts of climatic change can also be minimized by it. Further, the awareness on weather based agro-advisories will support farmers on decision making and reduce the crop risk. Conclusion

10. Thank you!