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Weather Forecast in Agriculture and Agro-advisory (WF)

Dr.T.N.Balasubramanian (Rtd.) and others · IIT Kanpur

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Lectures

Introduction

  1. Introduction Video

Week 1 - Basic knowledge on Meteorological Weather Elements

  1. Basic aspects of Atmosphere, Climate, Weather Video
  2. Basic aspects of Rainfall and their application in crop production Video
  3. Basic aspects of Temperature and their application in crop production Video
  4. Basic aspects of Relative humidity, Cloud cover and their application in crop production Video
  5. Basic aspects of wind, wind direction and their application in crop production Video

Week 2 - Crop and Weather I

  1. Three weather codes and crop production Video
  2. Crop production risks and their management Video
  3. Weather sensitive crops, stages and farm operations Video
  4. Crop-weather interactions and definition Video
  5. Crop-Weather Interactions: Wheat, Rice and Maize Video

Week 3 - Crop and Weather II

  1. Crop-Weather Interactions: Sorghum , Groundnut and Pigeon pea Video
  2. Crop-Weather Interactions: Cotton and Sugarcane Video
  3. Crop-Weather Interactions: Sugarbeet and Chickpea Video
  4. Crop-Weather Interactions: Sunflower and Mustard Video
  5. Genesis of weather forecast in India and Abroad Video

Week 4 - Weather Forecast

  1. Types of weather forecast and details Video
  2. Types of weather forecast and details-contd. Video
  3. Simple methods of verification of weather forecast with real event Video
  4. Traditional knowledges on weather forecast and their validity Video
  5. Weather thumb rules and their validity Video

Week 5 - Weather Forecast and Advisories I

  1. Development and component of agro advisory for weather forecast Video
  2. Development and component of agro advisory for weather forecast- contd. Video
  3. Model agro advisories for selected five days weather forecast Video
  4. Mass communication mode of agro advisories and their effectiveness Video

Week 6 - Weather Forecast and Advisories II

  1. Discussion on weather forecast and agro advisory from different website Video
  2. Role of climate manager on farm management decision based on weather forecast at village level and assignment Video
  3. Development of selected weather window for issuing agro advisory - case study from Tamil Nadu Video
  4. Model of agro advisory for 54 selected weather window of Tamil Nadu for rice Video
  5. Response farming- a type of farm planning being practiced in Australia considering seasonal climate forecast Video

Week 7 - Case Studies

  1. Case study in India on the adoption of weather based crop production - Crop management Video
  2. Case study in India on the adoption of weather based crop production - Pest and disease management Video
  3. Case study in India on the adoption of weather based animal production Video
  4. Cost benefit analysis for the case study done on crop management Video
  5. Cost benefit analysis for the case study done on animal management Video

Week 8 - Summary

  1. Summary Video

Syllabus and materials

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Credits and licence

Institution
IIT Kanpur
Department
Agriculture
Taught by
Dr.T.N.Balasubramanian (Rtd.), Instructor Incharge, Dr. R. Nagarajan, Co Faculty
Level
Undergraduate
Language
English
Subjects
Biology
Source
NPTEL
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