ABSTRACT
Climate change has increased the extreme weather events in many parts of the world. Situation is adverse for the agriculture sector which is the back bone of the country like India. Some efforts has been initiated to combat the effect of climate change. But for farmers, it is very less and they have not adapted all the recommendations due to several reasons. Extreme weather events like extreme heat and cold, drought, extreme heavy rainfall, storms, hail etc. has been increased in its frequency and it’s duration by climate change. Agromet Advisory Services (AAS) initiated by India Meteorological Department in collaboration with National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecast (NCMRWF) and State Agriculture University (SAUs) showed the path to support efforts made by other organizations and Government. Farmers are given weather forecast with agro advisory for 5 days in advance. Weather parameters like maximum temperature, minimum temperature, rainfall, wind direction, wind speed, maximum relative humidity, minimum relative humidity are forecasted and are provided to the farmers through different media at district level and now it has been started at block level. Feedback of the farmers are also taken to improve the forecast and agro advisory. It has improved the productivity of the crop and has decreased the loss due to different aberrant weather situation not favorable for agriculture. It will also be helpful to increase the income of farmers by reducing the cost of cultivation. Further improvement is needed for weather forecast which may be 150increase its accuracy and duration will be certainly helpful to diminish the ill effect of extreme weather and climate change.
