ABSTRACT

Agrometeorology, abbreviated from agricultural meteorology, puts the science of meteorology to the service of agriculture, in its various forms and facets, to help with the sensible use of land, to accelerate the production of food, and to avoid the irreversible abuse of land resources (Smith, 1970). Agrometeorology is also defined as the science investigating the meteoro­ logical, climatological, and hydrological conditions that are significant to agriculture owing to their interaction with the objects and processes of agri­ culture production (Molga, 1962).