Coordinated research on agrometeorology: India perspective

The All India Coordinated Research Project on Agrometeorology (AICRPAM) was initiated in 1983 to utilize the climatic resource potential for better agricultural planning, enhanced productivity, profitability and sustainable livelihoods. project has generated valuable research output areas of agroclimatic characterization, crop-weather relationship weather effects pests diseases. Such information been used developing crop calendars, atlases, decision support systems, android apps, software agromet data analysis, weather-based pest forewarning models, triggers insurance etc. These products are being preparing advisories weather-related risk management systems. AICRPAM completed forty years its very meaningful existence with significant achievements recommendations practical value benefit various stakeholders, particularly farmers. However, view increase intensity frequency extreme events such as heat cold waves, floods droughts under changing conditions, coordinated envisages characterizing identifying hotspots, minimize risks production.