AMFU-Anand and Arnej , Gujarat - Agricultural Meteorology Division

17 Pages·2014·2.01 MB·English

GRAMIN KRISHI MAUSAM SEVA (GKMS)
AMFU-Anand and Arnej
Dr. Vyas Pandey
Rucha Dave
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL METEOROLOGY
B. A. COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
ANAND AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY, ANAND
Staff Position
Anand Arnej
Principal Nodal Officer Dr. Vyas Pandey, Professor
Dr. M. S. JAKASANIYA
Nodal Officer Rucha Dave, Assistant Professor
Dr. G. B. CHAUDHARI
Technical Officer Parth Patel
Bhal and coastal zone Middle Gujarat agro – climatic zone
AMFU – Anand, Arnej
1. Agro Climatic Zone Middle Gujarat Agro-Climatic Zone (III),
Bhal & Coastal Area of Gujarat state (VII)
2. District covered under AMFU Anand: Anand, Vadodara, Kheda, Dahod, Panchmahal
GKMS
AMFU Arnej: Ahmedabad & Bhavnagar
3. Language Gujarati & English
4. Frequency of Bulletin Bi weekly
5. Total no. of Issued Anand: 105
Bulletin Arnej: 95
6. Recent technology used NDVI, SPI and moisture maps provided by IMD and SAC, Ahmedabad. Analyzing this
information advisory is prepared for different districts.
7. Major Crops Selected for Kharif Season : Cotton, Paddy, Pearl -millet, Sesame, Groundnut, Fodder sorghum
GKMS and Banana
Rabi Season : Wheat, Potato, Vegetables, Mustard, Gram, dill seed and cumin
New tools and technologies to generate agro -advisories
NDVI Map
SPI Map
Soil Moisture Map
MODE OF DISSEMINATION
Direct email: KVK , DDE, state agriculture department and ATMA project
Print Media : News paper : Gujarat Samachar, Divya Bhaskar, Sandesh
Other print media : Krishigovidhya, Kisan World e-media : Agro Sandesh
TV : Doordarshan ,TV9 and ETV Gujarati
AMFU_ANAND
Radio : AIR Vadodara, Vidyanagar Radio station
Website: www.imdagrimet.gov.in and aau.in
SMS : mkisan SMS portal
Other : Live weather information with forecast and Agro advisory display at
office entrance by LED monitor
Micro level Future plan: Development of web based portal e-krishimausam is being developed for current
weather information, District wise agroadvisory for Middle Gujarat Agroclimatic
Zone with FAQs solved by subject specialists .
Farmers benefited from SMS services of farmers.gov.in web portal
No. of farmers receiving SMS advisory
District
Gujarati English Gujarati
Roman script
Anand 2181 70 33
Vadodara 2943 75 34
Kheda 2596 84 33
Panchmahal 2138 74 32
Dahod 622 58 32
FEEDBACK FROM PROGRESSIVE FARMERS
The feedback questionnaire has been used to formulate and analyze the impact of advisories. Total 90 selected
farmer’s feedback was taken at. “Farmer Awareness Programme” organized by AMFU, Anand, Gujarat at Tribal
Training Centre, Devgadh Baria, Dist. Dahod, on 3rd March ,2014
Sr. No. Source of Information Number of Percentage
Farmer
1. Traditional Knowledge / experience 44 39.6
2. Daily News Paper Bulletin 12 10.8
3. KVK 6 5.4
4. Television 13 11.7
5. Bulletin 9 8.1
6 Radio 6 5.4
The weather based Agromet Advisory bulletins evaluation by farmers
Sr. No. Particulars Number of Percentage
Farmers
1. Excellent 42
37.8
2. Very Good 17
15.3
3. Good 9
8.1
4. Satisfactory 11
9.9
5. Irrelevant 4
3.6
Few words from farmer
Name: Takhtsinh Parmar
Village: Chaklasi, Anand
Age: 52
Landholding: 4 hector
Crop: Wheat, Rice, Perl millet, Mustard
My self Takhtsinh Parmar from village Chaklasi. I receive SMS advisory at every Tuesday and Friday
Regularly. After me other farmers of my village were also registered under this programme and now we
can accept that we got 10-20% profit with this advisory. In 2013 the forecast about heavy rainfall was very
much useful and we saved our field crops and in 2014 to late monsoon forecast helped us for crop
contingency planning. We also get latest information for insect and disease management. Block level agro
advisory is the demand of the time which will be useful .
BENEFITS/LOSES DUE TO AAS
• Unseasonal rainfall of 16 mm was observed on 21-22st January , 2014 which was not forecasted.
• some rabi crops were affected due to unseasonal rainfall.
Late monsoon was forecasted during June –
July, 2014. Agro advisory according to that
was generated and the farmers following
GKMS regularly could follow the crop
contingency plan and minimize the
damage due to late monsoon which is 10-
20% economically beneficial.
FAP funds
• Funds for farmers awareness program was received on 31st March ,2014 from IMD.
• FAP was organized at Tribal Women Training centre, Dahod on 3rd March , 2014 .
• FAP will be organized in December month in current financial year.
• Raingauges have been visited before monsoon season.
Sr. Farmers Village RF (mm) : Yr 2014
No.
1. DABHI VALJIBHAI MOHANBHAI MEMAR 574.0
2. DODIYA KALUBHAI JAVARAJ 662.0
3. BARAIYA AMARSANGBHAI ARNEJ 608.0
4. DABHI KALUBHAI KANAJIBHAI KESARGADH 513.0