Meghdoot App to support the digitalization of agroadvisories in India
Meghdoot, a joint initiative of India Meteorological Department (IMD), Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) and Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) aims to deliver critical information to farmers through a simple and easy to use mobile application. The app seamlessly aggregates contextualised district and crop wise advisories issued by Agro Met Field Units every Tuesday and Friday with the forecast and historic weather information to farmers in local vernacular. Meghdoot has disseminated >350k advisories with >45k active users.
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Case Study biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
2020-12-31
|
| Subjects: | research, farmers, agricultural research, information, weather, meteorology, application, indian, initiative, case studies, agrifood systems, rural development, |
| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/121345 |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|