Farmers’ perception and economic impact assessment of agromet advisory services in rainfed regions of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh

Dupdal, Ravi; Dhakar, Rajkumar; Rao, C. A. Rama; Samuel, Josily; Raju, B. M. K.; Kumar, Prabhat; Rao, V. U. M.

doi:10.54386/jam.v22i3.187

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“…The reason behind more preference for rainfall might be, rainfall plays a major role in each stage of crop production. The findings are in tune with Dupdal et al (2020).…”

Section: Preference Over Weather Parameterssupporting

confidence: 78%

Effectiveness and Usefulness of Weather Based AgroAdvisory services among farmers of Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh, India

Chowdary¹,

Shanthasheela²,

Manimekalai³

2023

EEC

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Agricultural production depends upon many factors, of which weather is the major factor. Farmers do prevent crop failure and obtain high yields with greater financial returns if they are aware of real-time weather parameters such as temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, wind direction, and rainfall. Farmers might manage agricultural activities, from crop selection to post-harvest handling, by having the proper weather information at the right time. This helps them reduce crop losses. District AgroMeteorological Unit (DAMU) under the scheme named GKMS (Gramin Krishi Mausam Seva) was set up at KVK, Darsi, Prakasam district. Bilingual AAS bulletins were prepared and disseminated to farmers. An Ex-post-facto research design was adopted for the present study. To study the effectiveness and usefulness of weather-based agro advisory services a random survey was done among 60 farmers of the Darsi block. Results revealed that farmers were in the range of young age to middle age category, most of them had secondary education and rely on television and newspaper for weather data. Results also revealed that 45.00 per cent responded as messages were moderately accurate, 50.00 per cent responded as messages were useful. The majority of farmers (60.00) checked the weather forecast before spraying insecticides and pesticides. Awareness should be created among farmers to use the weather forecast to select crops suitable for weather conditions.

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“…The reason behind more preference for rainfall might be, rainfall plays a major role in each stage of crop production. The findings are in tune with Dupdal et al (2020).…”

Section: Preference Over Weather Parameterssupporting

confidence: 78%

Effectiveness and Usefulness of Weather Based AgroAdvisory services among farmers of Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh, India

Chowdary¹,

Shanthasheela²,

Manimekalai³

2023

EEC

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“…S2). Dupdal et al 29 found that traditional farmers used 33% and 71% more herbicides and pesticides, respectively, compared to advisory-based management. Under WFBAS, the application of herbicides, pesticides and fungicides considers the relationship of different forecasted weather parameters such as temperature, rainfall and humidity with different stages of growth of rice.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…S2). Dupdal et al 29 . found that traditional farmers used 33% and 71% more herbicides and pesticides, respectively, compared to advisory‐based management.…”

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confidence: 99%

Sustaining rice productivity through weather‐resilient agricultural practices

Rahman,

Malik,

Baten

et al. 2023

J Sci Food Agric

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BackgroundEnhancing productivity and profitability and reducing climatic risk is the major challenge for sustaining rice production. Extreme weather can have significant and varied effects on crops, influencing agricultural productivity, crop yields, and food security.ResultsIn this study, a comparative evaluation of two crop management systems was performed involving farmers adopting a weather forecast based advisory service ‐ WFBAS ‐ and usual farmers practice – FP. WFBAS crop management followed the generated weather forecast‐based advice whereas the control farmers (FP) did not receive any weather forecast‐based advice, rather following their usual rice cultivation practices. The results of the experiments revealed that WFBAS farmers had a significant yield advantage over FP farmers. With the WFBAS technology, the farmers used inputs judiciously, utilized the benefit of favorable weather, and minimized the risk resulting from extreme weather events. As a result, besides the yield enhancement, WFBAS provided a scope to protect the environment with the minimum residual effect of fertilizer and pesticides. It also reduced the pressure on groundwater by ensuring efficient water management. Finally, the farmers benefited from higher income through yield enhancement, reduction of the costs of production and reducing risk.ConclusionA successful and extensive implementation of WFBAS in the rice production system would assist Bangladesh in achieving Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2.4, which focuses on rice productivity and profitability of the farmers as well as long‐term food security of the country.This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

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“…Studies on farmer satisfaction have mainly concentrated on satisfaction with agricultural extension services (Elias et al, 2016;Kassem et al, 2021). Few published studies have investigated the overall satisfaction of farmers in adopting AAS (Dupdal et al, 2020;Arpitha et al, 2022). There is a significant gap in the research pertaining to satisfaction with various attributes of AAS.…”

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Exploring farmers’ communication pattern and satisfaction regarding the adoption of Agromet advisory services in semi-arid regions of southern India

Rohit,

Bal,

Anshida Beevi

et al. 2024

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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Agriculture is significantly impacted by the variability in weather patterns, imposing substantial constraints on farmers’ ability to make informed tactical and strategic decisions regarding their crops. Seasonal climate projections have shown potential for informing agricultural decisions, but the actual adoption of climate information by farmers has been relatively slow and limited. The present study was conducted with the objective of investigating the characteristics of adopters, the communication network, and the level of farmer’s satisfaction concerning the adoption and continued use of Agromet Advisories Services (AAS). Two semi-arid districts, namely Kurnool and Anantapur in Andhra Pradesh, were purposively selected, wherein 280 farmers constituted the sampling frame. In this study, social network analysis (SNA) was conducted to examine the peer-to-peer communication patterns, while importance-performance analysis (IPA) was employed to evaluate farmer’s satisfaction, contributing to the continued adoption of AAS. The findings revealed that with regard to personality and communication characteristics, farmers were in the low category for their ability to cope with uncertainties and risk and even for their information-seeking behavior. Furthermore, the results showed farmers to be highly satisfied with the overall adoption of AAS. However, the IPA matrix revealed that among the nine attributes, the credibility of the forecasts needed refinement to promote sustained adoption. Excessive emphasis was placed on attributes such as the frequency of forecasts, which could be channeled into other initiatives. Peer-to-peer communication emerged as a crucial strategy in the adoption of AAS. Governments, non-governmental organizations, and extension functionaries should make a concerted effort to enhance the continued adoption of AAS by involving local stakeholders in sharing and participating in climate information production, forming farmer’s groups, and focusing on farmers’ literacy toward AAS.

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Farmers’ perception and economic impact assessment of agromet advisory services in rainfed regions of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh

Cited by 7 publications

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Effectiveness and Usefulness of Weather Based AgroAdvisory services among farmers of Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh, India

Effectiveness and Usefulness of Weather Based AgroAdvisory services among farmers of Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh, India

Sustaining rice productivity through weather‐resilient agricultural practices

Exploring farmers’ communication pattern and satisfaction regarding the adoption of Agromet advisory services in semi-arid regions of southern India

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