Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
were distributed among the
farmers.
AMFU, Majihian, West Bengal,
participated in Krishi Mela
organized by Department of
Agriculture, Govt. of West
Bengal during 7-9 January,
2014. Leaflet on Agromet
Advisory Services for farmers
awareness about weather based agromet advisory
services were distributed.106 farmers participated in
the Krishi Mela. Also distributed leaflet in Krishi Mela
organized by Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Dakshin Dinajpur
on 3-4 March, 2014 to create awareness among
farmers about agromet advisory services.
AMFU, Kakdip, West Bengal
participated in Krishi Mela
during 24-28 January, 2014.
Farmers informed about
agromet advisories and
interaction with farmers about
crop cultivation and crop protection was made.
A MF U_ Hi s a r , Ha r y a n a
participated in Kisan Mela
during 12-13 March, 2014.
More than 5500 farmers visited
Weather Based Agro-advisory
Services Stall in Kisan Mela. In
interactive session with farmers, farmers were informed
about weather forecasting for agriculture and weather
SMS Registration. More than 5500 farmers registered for
Mobile Weather SMS service during Kisan Mela. Already
registered 450 farmers of weather SMS service were given
feedback regarding weather based agromet advisory
services benefits in day to day field work. At present, more
than 80,000 farmers of the State have so far been
registered for getting free weather SMS service.
Krishi Vasant
Shri. K.G.Kanade, S.A. and
Shri. S.Y. Waghmare, S.A.
had participated in Krishi
Vasant 2014 - A National
Agriculture Fair cum
Exhibition held at Central
Institute of Cotton Research
(CICR), Nagpur during 9 to
13 February, 2014. More than one lakh farmers visited
the IMDs stall. Feedback on Agromet Advisory Services
from about 350 farmers of different regions of the
country has been collected.
Agromet Advisory on Livestock-Animal Health Camp
AMFU, Kirei, Odisha
organized one day Animal
Health Camp & Summer
Care for Animals on 30th
March, 2014. Medicine and
leaflet were distributed
regarding animal health
and summer care for animals among farmers. 75 farmers
participated in the camp. Deworming for the animals
were carried out. The veterinary surgeon along with
Nodal Officer keenly observed the animals
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Meeting/ seminar
Meeting
Dr. N. Chattopadhyay, DDGM (Agrimet), Pune attended and gave presentation on Verification of district level
weather forecast in the ACR/AMR meeting held at RMC , Chennai during 22-23 January 2014.
Dr. A. Kashyapi, Scientist-E and Smt. S. V. Chandras, S.A. , Agrimet Division, Pune participated and presented
papers on the topics entitled Impact of Asian monsoon in changing climate on Kharif crops- Agromet Services
towards sustainable solution and Use of ICT in Operational Agrometeorological Services respectively in
INTROMET-2014 held at SRM University, Kattankulathur, Tamil Nadu during 21-24th February ,2014 jointly
organized by IMD and SRM University, Kattankulathur, Chennai.
Dr. N. Chattopadhyay, DDGM (Agrimet) & Smt. S. V. Chandras, S.A. participated in the State Level Consultation
cum Workshop on Climate Change Adaptation organized by Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR), Pune at Sun
N Sand Hotel, Bund Garden Road, Pune on 7
th
March 2014.
Seminar
Dr. D. P. Dubey, Scientist E, Meteorological Centre, Bhopal attended seminar at Agriculture Training institute on
5
th
March 2014 . He gave lecture on Climate change and its effects on crop.
Imtisenla Walling, Technical Officer, AMFU Jharnapani participated in the National Seminar on Emerging
Challenges and Prospective Strategies for Hill Agriculture in 2050 organized by Indian Association of Hill farming
in collaboration with ICAR, Nagaland Centre, Jharnapani, conducted during 23 25 January, 2014.
Lectures
Dr. A. Kashyapi, Scientist-E, IMD, Agrimet Division, Pune delivered lecture in the Phase-I of Advanced Met.
Training Course (AMTC) on Basic ideas of Agricultural Meteorology including energy and water budget of crops
on 31st January, 2014.
Dr. K. Ghosh, Scientist-D, IMD, Agrimet Division, Pune delivered lecture in the Phase-I of Advanced Met. Training
Course (AMTC) on Micrometeorology- Definition and generation of microclimates, elements of microclimatology
on 30th January, 2014 .
Shri. R. Balasubramanian, Scientist-C, IMD, Agrimet Division, Pune delivered lecture in the Phase-I of Advanced Met.
Training Course (AMTC) on Crop yield relationship with weather elements and crop weather calendar on 20th
January, 2014.
Shri Tasvina Borah, Scientist in charge, GKMS, Jharnapani, Nagaland delivered lecture on the importance of Gramin
Krishi Mausam Sewa and Kisan Mobile Advisory Service during the training programme on Improving
e-governance in agriculture which was held from 28 - 31 January, 2014 at ATMA Sameti hall.
Dr. S. L. Godara, Professor (Plant Pathology) and Nodal Officer, AMFU, Bikaner, Rajasthan delivered lecture on
Citrus canker and phytophthora disease of citrus and their integrated disease management in state level workshop
on Precision farming technologies for citrus during 23 24 January, 2014 at Agricultural Research Station, SKRAU,
Bikaner.
Dr N. K. Pareek, Technical Officer AMFU, Bikaner, Rajasthan delivered lecture on Agromet Advisory Services : A
Way to Help the Farmers in Climate Change Conditions in 21 days refresher course on Climate Change: Scenario,
Impact on Agriculture and Mitigation Strategies organised by Directorate of Human Resource Development, SKRAU,
Bikaner, Rajasthan during 18th February to 10th March 2014.
Imtisenla Walling, Technical Officer, AMFU Jharnapani participated as a resource person
during the training programme on "Mushroom cultivation, spawn production, value
addition for livelihood Improvement organized under Tribal sub plan project from
12-14
th
February 2014, training programme on "Nutritional Security and income
generation through Farming System approach from 6- 7
th
March 2014 at KVK-Training
Hall and training programme on "Entrepreneurship development through pig farming
organized by KVK Dimapur and sponsored under Tribal sub plan project from 18-19
th
March 2014. Importance and usefulness of Agromet Advisory Service and Kisan Mobile Advisory Service were
introduced to the farmers. Farmers were encouraged to utilize the service for betterment of their livelihood.
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Publication
Vashisth, Ananta, Singh, R., Das,D. K. and Baloda, R.(2013). Weather based Agromet advisories for enhancing the
production and income of the farmers under changing climate scenario. International Journal of Agriculture and
Food Science Technology. 4(9) :847-850
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E-Book: Following two e-book (80 CD) were prepared for distributing among farmers during Kisan mela, IARI,
New delhi, Feb., 26-28, 2014.
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Published popular article on the topic Package and practices of potato (SolanumtuberosumL) related to the
environment by Imtisenla Walling AMFU, Jharnapani, Nagalandin Morung Express newspaper 3
rd
January
2014.
Published an abstract and presentation made on Disease development in Jhum field with the pattern of
changing climate by Tasvina R. Borah, HifjulHoque and Imtisenla Walling AMFU, Jharnapani, Nagaland during
the National Seminar on Emerging Challenges and Prospective Strategies for Hill Agriculture in 2050
Radio Talk
Dr. L. S. Rathore, DGM, IMD, New Delhi gave an interview in All India Radio, Pune on 28th March, 2014 on
activities of IMD with special reference to Agromet Advisory Services in India.
Mrs. P.S. Kulkarni, S.A. delivered a radio talk on Preview of National Level Media Workshop on Communication
of Agromet Advisories to the User Communities and broadcasted in All India Radio on 26th March, 2014.
Upcoming Events
International Conference on Promoting Weather and Climate Information for Agriculture and Food Security
during 7-9 April 2014, Antalya, Turkey. (More Information : http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/wcp/agm/
upcomingmeetings.php)
16th Session of the Commission for Agricultural Meteorology, during 10-15 April 2014Antalya, Turkey
(More Information : http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/wcp/agm/upcomingmeetings.php)
India`s Largest Exhibition on Agriculture, Farm Machinery, Dairy, Poultry, Livestock Equipment & Agri Pro-
cessing Technology 22-24 August 2014, BIEC, Bangalore INDIA (More Information :http://
www.agritechindia.com/)
Previous events
Meeting of the ICT for Support Systems for Agrometeorological Services (OPAG 2), during 16 - 17 Jan 2014,
Geneva, Switzerland (More Information : http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/wcp/agm/upcomingmeetings.php)
International visitor
Dr. John Colvin, Senior Adaptation Practitioner, Oxford Center for Innovation, U.K. and Shri Dimka Stantchev
Skeie, Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC),
Switzerland visited Agrimet Division, IMD, Pune on 5
th
March 2014 in connection with the evaluation of the
collaborative project of Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR), Pune and India Meteorological Department.
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Press clippings
Achievement
Research paper entitled Variability of Cereal Food Grain Production in India by R. P. Samui,
N. Chattopadhyay, K. Ghosh and M. V. Kamble was presented in International Tropical Meteorology
Symposium (INTROMET 2014) held during 21-24 February, 2014 by SRM University, Kattanlulathur,
Tamil Nadu and has been awarded silver medal for Best Poster Presentation.
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