In this issue

1. National Activities

2. Lectures

3. Publication 4. Achievement

5. Awareness Programme

National Activities

Meetings /Workshop/Seminar attended by officers of AASD, New Delhi; Agrimet, Pune;

RMCs/MCs and AMFUs:

Dr. S. D. Attri, Scientist-F, AASD, IMD, New Delhi participated in Project Monitoring Committee meeting for NSM project “Urban Modelling: Development of multi-sectorial simulation lab and science based decision support framework to address urban environment issues” on 17th January 2020 chaired by Secretary, MoES in New Delhi.

Shri R. Balasubramanian, Scientist-E, Agrimet, IMD, Pune attended the interview as a member of selection board for the post of Subject Matter Specialist (Agrometeorology) and Agromet Observer under Gramin Krishi Mausam Sewa (GKMS) for the Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Solapur at Directorate of Extension Education, Administrative building, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth (MPKV), Rahuri, Maharashtra on 21st January 2020.

Dr. S. D. Attri, Scientist-F visited Agrimet Division, Pune and had discussion with officials of IMD and Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR), Pune on “Automated Generation of Agromet Advisories using Agromet-DSS” on 23rd January 2020.

Dr. S. D. Attri, Scientist-F attended meeting of Standing Committee on Exhibition and Fairs on 29th January 2020 at MoES, New Delhi.

Dr. K. K. Singh, Head (Agromet) & Scientist-G, AASD, IMD, New Delhi and Dr. S. D. Attri, Scientist-F participated in Peer Exchange Round-table on “Drought Resilient Agriculture” organised by National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM), New Delhi on 30th January 2020.

Dr. Ranjeet Singh, Scientist-F, AASD, IMD, New Delhi attended Crop Weather Watch Group meeting at Krishi Bhavan on 31st January 2020.

Dr. Kripan Ghosh, Head (Agrimet) & Scientist-E, IMD, Pune participated and presented poster on “Effects of Extreme Weather Events on Agriculture & Impact Based Agromet Advisory Services in India with special emphasis on 2019” in the Weather and Climate Science for Service Partnership (WCSSP) India 1st Annual Science Workshop hosted by Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune during 5-7 February 2020.

Evaluation Team from World Meteorological Organization (WMO) visited Agrimet Division, IMD, Pune on 12th February 2020 and Dr. Kripan Ghosh, Head (Agrimet) & Shri R. Balasubramanian, Scientist-E briefed about the activities of the division.

Dr. Kripan Ghosh, Head (Agrimet) & Scientist-E and Shri R. Balasubramanian, Scientist-E attended the “6th International Conference on Climate Services (ICCS-6)” held at Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune during 11th-13th February 2020.

Dr. Kripan Ghosh, Head (Agrimet) & Scientist E participated through video conference in the final review meeting of the Multi Mission Meteorological Data. Receiving and Processing System (MMDRP) Algorithm Theoretical Basis Definition (ATBD) committee held at Space Application Centre (SAC) Ahmedabad on 17th February 2020.

Dr. Kripan Ghosh, Head (Agrimet) & Scientist-E participated in the 3rd Quarterly Review Meeting of IMD under the chairmanship of Secretary, MoES New Delhi on 26th February 2020.

Dr. Kripan Ghosh, Head (Agrimet) & Shri R. Balasubramanian, Scientist-E and Committee members participated in the “Agrometeorology forecasting, translation and dissemination” for the officers of the Department of Agricultural Extension, Ministry of Agriculture, Government of The People’s Republic of Bangladesh, held at Meteorological Training Institute (MTI), Pune during 9th-14th March 2020. Dr.Kripan Ghosh, Head (Agrimet) & Shri R. Balasubramanian, Scientist-E delivered lectures on various topics during the training.

Shri A. K. Baxla, Scientist-E, AASD, IMD, New Delhi attended Review meeting of Pilot Studies for Gram Panchayat (GP) level Yield Estimation using Technologyat Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare (MoAg & FW), Department of Agriculture Cooperation and Farmers' Welfare (DAC & FW) under Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojna scheme on 18th March 2020 at Mahalanobis National Crop Forecast Centre (MNCFC) Pusa Road, New Delhi.

Shri S. S. Mairal, Met-B, Agrimet, IMD, Pune attended the quarterly meeting of Publication Shetkari Masik in Agricultural Technology Management Agency (ATMA) Sabhagruh at Sakhar Sankul, Shivajinagar, Pune on 1st January 2020.

Shri S. S. Mairal, Met-B visited Doordarshan Kendra, Pune and participated in talk on “Effects of Cyclones on Agriculture and it’s management” in Krishi Darshan programme on 28th February 2020.

Shri S. S. Mairal, Met-B visited All India Radio, Pune and participated in the discussion on World Meteorological Organization Day & its theme “Climate & Water and Agriculture” on 20th March 2020.

Dr. Kailas K. Dakhore, Principal Nodal Officer, AMFU, Parbhani, Maharashtra participated in :

International Workshop on “Course Curricula Development for Post Graduate Diploma in Climate Smart Agriculture and Water Management” during 11-12 January 2020 at Central Campus, MPKV, Rahuri, Maharashtra.

“MoU between PoCRA and CRIDA for research backstopping for Maharashtra project on climate resilient agriculture” on 17th January 2020 at PMU, Mumbai.

National Seminar on “Agrometeorological Interventions for Enhancing Farmers Income (AGMET-2020)” during 20-22 January 2020 at College of Horticulture, KAU, Thrissur.

International workshop on “Digital Farming Practices by Agribots, Agri-Drones and Ari-AGV’s (Automatic Guided Vehicle)” organized during 13-15 March 2020 at Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth (VNMKV), Parbhani.

Dr. Sameera Qayoom, Nodal Officer, AMFU Srinagar, SKUAST-Kashmir attended : Training program in area of leadership under National Agricultural Higher Education

Project at IIM, Calcutta during 13-17 January 2020. Training program on “Knowledge based and technology driven Sericulture for viable

and sustainable Bio enterprise” at CoTS, Mirgund on 14th January 2020. Training program on “Understanding climate change and its impact on agriculture

and allied sectors”. Lecture delivered on “Importance of early warning system in agricultural production under changing climate" on 14th March 2020.

Ten days Capsule course on “Satellite Farming: An information and technology based Agriculture” as Course coordinator during 11-20 March 2020.

Dr. S. R. Karad, Co-Nodal Officer and Dr. M. W. Sutar, Technical Officer GKMS, ZARS,

Kolhapur, Maharashtra attended National Seminar “Agrometeorological interventions for enhancing farmers” income (AGMET-2020)'' held during 20-22 January 2020 at College of Horticulture, Kerala Agricultural University, Vellanikkara, Thrissur, Kerala.

Dr. S. R. Karad, Co-Nodal Officer and Dr. M.W. Sutar, Technical Officer, GKMS, ZARS, Kolhapur attended National Seminar on “Maize for Crop Diversification Under Changing Climatic Scenario” held at IIMR, Ludhiana during 9-10 February 2020. They Presented posters on “Effect of Climate variability on productivity of Maize in Maharashtra”.

Dr. Y. C. Muthal, Technical Officer, AMFU, Mulde, Maharashtra attended 5 days training program on “Climate Change: Impact Assessment and Adaptation through Climate Resilient Agro-techniques in Agriculture and Allied Sectors” during 13-17 January 2020 at Centre for Climate Resilient Agriculture, University of Agricultural & Horticultural Sciences, Shimoga, Karnataka.

Lectures

Dr. S. D. Attri, Scientist-F, AASD, IMD, New Delhi delivered lectures on “Agromet-DSS to enhance climate services to agriculture

for risk management” in inaugural Session of “Asia Regional Workshop on "Digital Solutions to Accelerate Adaptation to Climate Change in Agriculture" held during 13-14 January 2020 at Divecha Centre for Climate Change, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru.

“Effect of urbanization on extreme events” in Advanced Refresher course on "Extreme weather events" at IMD, Pune on 23rd January 2020.

“Climate Change, Air Pollution and Fog” in Hindi in Extreme Weather and Climate Workshop at NCMRWF on 3rd February 2020.

“Climate Change and Agriculture” in Workshop on “Assessment and management of ground water resources under changing climatic conditions” held at PAU, Ludhiana on 6th February 2020.

“Operationalizing District Agromet Units (DAMU) for Effective Weather Based Services” at ICAR-KVK Workshop 28th February 2020 at NASC, New Delhi and in Regional User Meet on 7th March 2020 at Nagpur.

Shri R. Balasubramanian, Scientist-E delivered special lectures on the subject “Agricultural

Meteorology” in the ongoing Integrated Meteorological Training Course (IMTC) Batch No. 7 for newly recruited Scientific Assistants (SAs) at Regional Meteorological Centre, (RMC) Chennai during 9-10 January 2020.

Dr. Kripan Ghosh, Head (Agrimet) & Scientist-E delivered lecture on the topic “Impact of different extreme events on Agriculture sector” to the participants in the Advanced Refresher Course on “Extreme Weather Events” organized by IMD held at Meteorological Training Institute (MTI), Pashan, Pune on 20th January 2020.

Shri R. Balasubramanian, Scientist-E delivered lectures on the subject of “Agricultural Meteorology” in the ongoing IMTC Batch No.7 for newly recruited Scientific Assistants (SAs) at Meteorological Training Institute (MTI), Pashan, Pune during 13-14 January 2020.

Shri S. S. Mairal, Met-B delivered lecture on the subject of “Agricultural Meteorology” in the ongoing IMTC Batch No.7 for newly recruited Scientific Assistants (SAs) at MTI, Pashan, Pune during 16-17 January 2020 and to the trainees of Advance Meteorological Training Course (AMTC) Batch No.180 at MTI, Pashan, Pune on 23rd January 2020.

Smt. Mamta Yadav, Scientist-C, Meteorological Centre, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh delivered lectures on “Preparation and Dissemination of Agromet Advisories at Block level under District Agro-meterological Unit (DAMU) scheme ” at Short Term Training Course for

Subject Matter Specialists (Agromet) of Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) organized at B.M. College of Agriculture, Khandwa under RVSKVV, Gwalior from 23-27 February 2020

Dr. A. L. Narayanan, AMFU, Karaikal, U.T. of Puducherry delivered a lecture to the school green corps students regarding “Climate change and global warming” on 4th March 2020 where nearly 100 students participated.

Dr. A. L. Narayanan, AMFU, Karaikal, U.T. of Puducherry explained GKMS activities to the Minister for Agriculture and famers of Karaikal region on Seed Day programme organised by Dr. T. Ramnadane, Seed Technology Department of the College on 9th March 2020.

Dr. P. Balasubramanian, Technical Officer, AMFU, Ooty, The Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu delivered lectures on :

“Benefits of Agromet Advisory Services and demonstrated the MEGHDOOT App to the farmers, Department staff and Scientist at Department of Horticulture and Plantation Crops training jointly organized by SSEPERS, The Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu held at Sholur, Ooty, Tamil Nadu on 14th February 2020.

“Weather Based Agro Advisory and MAGHDOOT Mobile App” to The Nilgiris Tribal farmers of Training Programme on “Empowerment of Tribal Farmers of the Nilgiris through Organic Farming, Mushroom Production and Nutrition Gardening’ jointly organized by Horticultural Research Station, TNAU, Ooty at Tiruchikady Village, Ooty on 19th February 2020.

“Weather based Pest Management in vegetable crops” to the district trainees on the subject “Integrated Pest Management in Vegetable Crops” in the Department of Horticulture and Plantation Crops Training jointly organized by ATMA held at Thumanahatty, Ooty, Tamil Nadu during 24th February 2020.

Dr. Sameera Qayoom, Nodal Officer, AMFU, Srinagar, SKUAST-Kashmir delivered lectures on:

“Use of Agrometadvisories for agricultural sustainability” in training program on Same Field Better Yield on 5th February 2020.

“Current Scenario of Women as Agripreneurs” in women Empowerment through agri-Entrepreneurship: Opportunities and Challenges on 11th February 2020.

“Climate resilient cropping system” in training program on Same Field Better Yield on 15th February 2020.

“SWOT analysis of Kashmir Agriculture” in training program on Same Field Better Yield on 16th February 2020.

“Low tunnel: A low cost potential technology for hostile climatic conditions on 20th February 2020” in 21 days training program on Same Field Better Yield.

“Real time advisories for increased apple production” on 20th February 2020 in 21 days training program on Same Field Better Yield.

“Integrated crop livestock farming system for sustainable development” on 10th February 2020 in 21 days training program on Same Field Better Yield

“Precision Agriculture” in 10 days training program Sericulture-an economically viable source for increasing farm income during 17-26 March 2020.

“Same field, Better Yield: Understanding on Current and Emerging Technologies for Doubling Farmers’ Income” in 21 days summer school conducted at AMFU, Srinagar, SKUAST-Kashmir during 3-23 February 2020.

Publication

AMFU, Dantiwada, Gujarat: Sevak Das and S. A. Patel, “Estimation of Growing Period for Crop Planning Based on Rainfall Probability.” Research Journal of Agricultural Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 1, Pp-32-34, 2019-20.

Achievement

Dr. Shibani Chodhury, Technical Officer, AMFU, Kakdwip, West Bengal awarded the first prize in oral presentation under the topic “Role of weather based Agro Advisory System for minimizing the crop loss due to extreme weather events in Coastal Saline Zone of West Bengal” in National Seminar on AGMET-2020 held at College of Horticulture, Kerala Agriculture University, Thrissur. (Author: Dr. Shibani Chowdhury, Prof. Saon Banerjee (Principal Nodal Officer) and Prof. A.K. Senapati (Nodal Officer)).

AMFU, Raichur, Karnataka received first prize for poster presentation at AGMET-2020 held at KAU, Thrissur and National Horticultural Conference on Arid fruits held at UAS, Raichur.

AMFU, Kolhapur, Maharashtra received Best poster presentation award in National Seminar

on ANGMET-2020 held at Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur, Kerala under the theme: Extreme weather condition titled “Extreme weather events and its impact on agriculture in Kolhapur district” by Sutar M.W., S. R. Karad, G. G. Khot and J. D. Jadhav.

Dr. P. Balasubramanian, Technical Officer, AMFU, Ooty, Tamil Nadu received “Young

scientist Award “ and “Best Thesis award” by Grow Great Trust, Tamil Nadu

Awareness Programme

Farmers Awareness Programme (FAP)

Farmers’ Awarness Programme (FAP) is one day duration programme organised by India Meteorological Department (IMD) and Agromet Field Unit (AMFU) to expose the farmer community about weather and climate issues that affect agriculture production on their farms. Officers of GKMS Unit highlighted the aims and objectives of GKMS and significance of real time weather-based Agromet Advisory for successful farming and judicious use of available resources. During the FAPs, mobile numbers of farmers were collected and registered in mkisan portal. Meghdoot is a joint initiative of the IMD and Indian Council for Agriculture Research (ICAR) to bring high resolution weather forecast based Agromet Advisories to farmers in vernacular. AMFU issue contextualized district and crop wise advisories every Tuesday and Friday. The Meghdoot App allows farmers and interested users to access these advisories in a user friendly manner. The advisories are also issued in vernacular wherever available. Apart from the crop advisory, the app also makes available observed weather and weather forecast. Officers also explained Meghdoot application in the FAP.

FAP at Central Region

State AMFU Place Date No. Of farmers Chhattisgarh Ambikapur Surguja 05.02.2020 45 Surajpur 06.02.2020 57 Chhattisgarh Raipur

Otegaon, Bemetara District 22.02.2020 77

Chhattisgarh Jagdalpur Narayanpur & 19.02.2020 42 Sukma 05.03.2020 62 Jagdalpur Narayanpur, 29.02.2020 50 Jagdalpur Lohandiguda 03.03.2020 75 Jagdalpur Bejapur 05.03.2020 50 Raipur Bemetara 22.02.2020 83 Raipur Arang 16.03.2020 50 Madhya Pradesh Khargone Khargone 27.02.2020 36 Khargone 18.03.2020 39 Madhya Pradesh Jhabua Meghnagar 16.03.2020 75

FAP at East Region

State AMFU Place Date No. Of farmers

Bihar Sabour Sonhaula, Bhagalpur 20.02.2020 150 Sabour Goradih, Bhagalpur 20.02.2020 150 Sabour Sabour, Bhagalpur 23.02.2020 100 24.02.2020 90 25.02.2020 105 West Bengal Kharagpur Parapara Village, Raipur

Block, Bankura 07.03.2020 40

Kailasbargh Village, Sabang Block, Paschim Medinipur

15.03.2020 65

West Bengal Kakdwip Sagar, South 24 Parganas 21.01.2020 15 West Bengal Kakdwip,

NalgaraSharatpolli, Kultoli block, 24-Pgs(S)

27.02.2020 55

West Bengal Majihan Dakshin Dinajpur 04.03.2020 06.03.2020 West Bengal Pundibari Sitai, Coochbehar 04.03.2020 80 West Bengal Kalyani C-Block Farm, Kalyani. 07.02.2020 50

Thansara, Haringhata, Nadia. 18.02.2020 55 Gainpara, Nadia 19.02.2020 60 Gotra Samabay Samiti,

Chakdah, Nadia 26.02.2020 30

Simanta Farm, Kalyani. 13.03.2020 80 FAP at North East Region

State AMFU Place Date No. Of farmers Arunachal Pradesh Basar Basar 28.01.2020 51 Gori 05.03.2020 45 Bame 16.03.2020 23 Assam Shillongani, Mulankata, under Raha Block

of Nagaon district 05.03.2020 35

Raidongia Village, Batadrava block of Nagaon district

07.03 2020 53

Asaam Diphu East Karbi-anglong, Samelangso Block, Patradisha Village

18. 02.2020 30

West Karbi angling under Ameri Block

20.02.2020 25

East Karbi-anglong, Lumbajong Block, Alir Village.

27.02.2020 38

Assam Jorhat North west Jorhat 09.03.2020 40 North westJorhat 19.03.2020 40 Meghalaya

Barapani Lawsohtun Village, East Khasi Hills District

18.03.2020 34

Nagaland Jharnapani

Moava Village. Medziphema Block. Dimapur District

01.02.2020

55

Ngwalwa Village. Peren Block.Peren District

03.02.2020 36

Kikruma Village. Kikruma Block. Phek District 4.

20.02.2020 61

Viswema Village. Jakhama Block. Kohima District

12.03.2020 40

Tripura Lembucherra Chebri, Khowai 22.01. 2020 64

Tripura Lembucherra Gomati, Bagma 04.03.2020 87 FAP at North Region

State AMFU Place Date No. of farmers Jammu & Kashmir Rajouri

(SKUAST- J) village Kewal of Block Budhal, Rajouri

26.02.2020 55

village Langar of Block Nowshera, Rajouri

04.03. 2020 75

Block Loran, Poonch 05.03 2020 54 Jammu & Kashmir Srinagar,

SKUAST-Kashmir KVK-Budgam 29.01.2020 98

Punjab Bhatinda Gehri Buttar 04.03.2020 82 Bhatinda Chak Ruldu Singhwala 05.03.2020 79 Ballowal Balachur , SBS Nagar 13.03.2020 65 Ballowal Nurpur, Ropar 17.03.2020 70

Rajasthan Bharatpur Weir , Bharatpur 28.02.2020 108 Rajasthan Sriganganagar Sriganganagar 13.03.2020 56 Uttar Pradesh Faizabad Kotdeeh-Bansgaon village,

Amaniganj Block- Distt. Ayodhya

27.02.2020 150

Modipuram Muzzafarnagar, Baghara 20.02.2020 50 Meerut, Hastinapur 27.02.2020 51 Modipuram

KrishiVigyan KendraKVK, ,Bulandsahar, Pahashu

04.02.2020 42

Modipuram KrishiVigyan KendraKVK, Shahjahanpur, Bhawalkhera

17.02.2020 30

Bhawalkhera 19.02.2020 30 Shindhauli 20.02.2020 30 Modipuram 24.02.2020 30

Bhawalkhera 26.02..2020 30

Modipuram 28.02.2020 30 Uttarakhand Roorkee Haridwar 04.03.2020 85 Roorkee Haridwar, Laksar 24.01.2020 24 Roorkee Bahadarabad, Haridwar 18.03.2020 Pantnagar Gadarpur , U S Nagar 14.03.2020 100

Ranichauri Narendra Nagar Village: Aampata TehriGarhwal 22.01.2020 30

Ranichauri Chamba Village: Jardhar Gaon Tehri Garhwal 23.01.2020 31

Narendra Nagar Village:Paali Naala Tehri Garhwal 12.02.2020 41

FAP in South Region

State AMFU Place Date No. Of farmers Andhra Pradesh Anakapalle Visakhapatnam Anakapalle 12.02.2020 50 Andhra Pradesh Chintapalli Chintapalli 04.03.2020 30 Paderu 16.03.2020 35 Telangana Hyderabad Nagarkurnool, Bijinapally 06.01.2020 50 Hyderabad Vikarabad 08.02.2020 55

Telangana Jagtial Kolimikunta village,

Choppadandi Mandal, Karimnagar District

29.01.2020 56

Kondapur village, Medipally Mandal, Jagial district

29.01.020 60

Bandalingampally village, Yellareddypet Mandal, Rajanna siricilla District

11.02.2020 55

Kondapalakala village, Manakondur Mandal, Karimnagar District

20.02.2020 58

RARS, Polasa, Jagtial on 28.02.2020 130 Karnataka Raichur Raichur 18.02.2020 75 Sirsi Telangur, Uttar Kannad 09.03.2020 60 Uchagiri , Uttar Kannad 16.03.2020 100 Naveli Kadui, Chickmangalur 07.03.2020 100 Brahmavar Udupi 20.01.2020 104 Brahmavar Udupi 23.01.2020 110 Brahmavar Dakshina Kannada 28.01.2020 109 Hiriyur Tumkur, Sira 12.02.2020 80 Hiriyur Chitradurga, Hiriyur 13.02.2020 80 Hiriyur Chitradurga, Hiriyur 14.02.2020 80 Kerala Ambalavayal Sulthan Bathery, Wayanad

and Idukki 11.01.2020 65

Vellayani Nemom ,Thiruvananthapuram Kollam Pathanamthitta

11.03.2020 100

Tamil Nadu Coimbatore Pollachi, Annur, Sulthanpet, Kinathukadavu, Thondamuthur, PN palayam

31.01.2020 21

Tamil Nadu Coimbatore Gopi, Sathy, T.N. Palayam, Anthiyur, Erode

31.01.2020 22

Tamil Nadu Coimbatore Pongalur, Tiruppur 31.01.2020 19 Tamil Nadu Ooty Tamil Nadu Agriculture

Univercity Ooty 31.01.2020.

Tamil Nadu Chennai Chennai 10.02.2020 106 Tamil Nadu Kanniwadi Reddiarchathram Block,

Dindigul District 12.02.2020 51

Thiruvarankulam Block, Pudukkottai District

20.02.2020 53

Tamil Nadu Anakapalle Regional Agricultural Research Station, Anakapalle

12.02.2020 50

FAP at West Region

State AMFU Place Date No. Of farmers Gujarat Anand TFWTC, Training Centre,

Devgadhbaria, Dahod, 09.01.2020. 75

Gujarat Anand Petlad 16.03.2020 50 Gujarat Navsari Vyara, Tapi 23.01. 2020 85 Maharashtra Parbhani Gevrai Village, KVK,

Khamgaon Dist. Beed 27. 02.2020 21

Maharashtra Kolhapur Bujawade, Tah.Radhanagar 09.03.20209(morning)

44

at Kaulage, Tah. Gadhinglaj, Dist. Kolhapur

09.03.20209(evening)

46

Maharashtra Rahuri Chinchvihire, Tal. Rahuri, Dist. Ahmednagar

11.03.2020 100

Maharashtra Dapoli Department of Agronomy, Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli, DIST. Ratnagiri.

07.03.2020 109

Dapoli Dapoli 08.03.2020 40 Maharashtra Akola Murtizapur 03.03.2020 &

06.03.2020 76

Maharashtra Pune KVK Mohol 05.02.2020 80 KVK Dhule 04.03.2020 50 KVK Jalgaon 04.03.2020 60 Maharashtra Igatpuri Igatpuri , Nashik 19.03.2020 100

Field visit AMFUs made field visit to monitor the standing crop coverage and Pests and Diseases attack on

the standing crops and to suggest its control measures. Also to aware farmers about use of

Weather-based Agromet Advisories and its importance in increasing the farm productivity and

activities under GKMS project to the farmers. Officers gave detailed information of Farmers’

registration in m-kissan Portal and SMS service.

State AMFU Place Date Subject Asaam Diphu Bokajan

Block ,Borsapori village

10.02.2020 Mustard Field during harvesting Season and Livestock Condition

Bokoliya village 15.03.2020 Rice field as well as on Vegetable field

Gujarat Bhachau, Kachchh

24.02.2020 Explained Climate change and its adverse effect on agriculture, animal husbandry. Importance of global warming, its adverse effects like high temperature, earth quake, storm, etc. and its remedies and also explained in details about the experimental crops (Mustard, Senna & minimum irrigation use in cumin crop) and advantages of drip irrigation in GCH-7, GCH-8 variety of Castor Crop. To promote using of the Meghdoot mobile application for five days forecast and weather based agro advisory to farmers of Kutch district of Gujarat state

Gujarat Dantiwada Sikariya village, Deesa blocks of Banaskantha district

13.03.2020 Survey the fields to knowing about status of summer crop sowing. Aware farmers about Agromet advisory services(AAS). Popularising Meghdoot Mobile app

Uttarakhand Roorkee Laksar block 12.02.2020 Monitoring the standing crops and discuss with farmer regarding crop management and field operations

West Bengal Kakdwip

Diamond Harbour block

09.01.2020

To study the effect of cyclone “bulbul” in vegetable cultivation and Practicing bio fertilizer application viz. poultry manure in vegetables field

Sagar block 16.1.2020 Poultry farm visit: Perfect disinfestations of poultry farm before entering the new born chicks

Nischindapur block

30.01.2020 Poultry farm visit Management for prevention of disease attack of poultry bird in the stage of chicks

Patharpratima block

07.02.2020 Boro paddy field visit in transplanting stage to aware the farmers about proper fertilizer application

Kakdwip block 18.3.2020 Boro paddy field visit at peak tillering stage , green gram field visit and blast affected tomato field visit

Tamil nadu

Ooty Sholur village 14.02. 2020 Explained about weather forecast and weather based advisories in agriculture, pest and disease management and agricultural practices in vegetablesand exotic crops and an explained the variety and technology developed by theTamil

Nadu Agricultural University. He has observed viral diseaseaffected field anexotic crop and advised to the farmers for its control measures

Other Awareness Programme

AMFUs participated in different awareness programmes like Kisan Mela, seed day, World Soil day etc. to inform about activities under GKMS project to the farmers. Officer of GKMS Unit briefed about the usefulness of Agromet bulletins, mKisan portal and Meghdoot app. They displayed different types of charts which depicted the importance of meteorology to the field of Agricultural Sciences and farmers. Most of the Meteorological surface observation instruments were also put on display. During the mela, mobile numbers of farmers were collected and registered in mkisan portal. AMFUs disseminated leaf let on Agromet Advisory Services and create awareness about the Climate Smart Agriculture and Use of Digital Gadgets.

State AMFU Programme Place Date No. Of farmers Andhra Pradesh Chintapalle Kisan Mela Chintapalle

Vishakapatnam 25.02.2020 361 farmers

participated from vizianagaram, viskapatnam and srikakulam districts

Assam Sonitpur Kisan Mela Agriculture

Department,

Biswanath district,

Borgang, Behali

block

14.03.2020

Gujarat Bhachau, Kachchh

Kisan Mela Bambhanka village of Khadir beyt of Bhachau taluka

02.01.2020 110

Gujarat Bhachau, Kachchh

Kisan Mela Amarapar village of Khadir beyt of Bhachau taluka

03.01.2020

Gujarat Bhachau, Kachchh

Kisan Mela Khegarapar village, Rapar taluka

13.02.2020 56

Gujarat Bhachau, Kachchh

farmer’s training

Regional Research Station, S.D. Agriculture University, Bhachau, Kachchh,

16.03.2020

Jammu & Kashmir

Srinagar, SKUAST-Kashmir

Kisan Mela cum Seed exhibition

at Srinagar, SKUAST-Kashmir SKUAST-K.

07.03.2020 & 08.03.2020

Maharashtra Rahuri Kisan Mela Buchakewadi, Tal. Junnar, Dist. Pune

03.03.2020 300

Puducherry Karaikal Farmers meeting with ICRISAT scientist

Karaikal 03.03.2020 100

Mizoram Kolasib Training programme

Champhai village 15.01.2020 65

Andhra Pradesh Chintapalle Kisan Mela Regional Agricultural Research Station, Chintapalle Vishakhapatnam district

25.02.2020 360

Uttarakhand Roorkee Regional Workshop on FAP

Roorkee 04.03.2020 84

Assam Diphu To create awareness among the School Children

Govt Diphu ,Karbi-anglong School

22.01.2020 30 students

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Photos of FAP

Chennai Dindigul Bankura

Kolhapur Champhai Dimapur

Anand East Khasi Hills Bharatpur

Dapoli East Karbi-anglong Karimnagar

Nowgaon Rajouri Beed

Photos of Field visit and other programme

Kutch Vishakhapatnam Khargone

Mulde South 24 Parganas Ahmednagar

Karbi-Anglong Naganahalli Haridwar

OOty Banaskantha Kutch

Karaikal Kutch Khargone