·         To study the agricultural climate in relation to crop planning and assessment of crop production potentials in different agroclimatic regions.

·         To establish crop-weather relationships for all the major rainfed and irrigated crops in different agroclimatic regions.

·         To evaluate the different techniques of modification of crop micro-climate for improving the water use efficiency and productivity of the crops.

·         To study the influence of weather on the incidence and spread of pests and diseases of field crops.

·         To provide the technical support for Agromet advisory services

v  Agro- Climatic Characterization of Southern Karnataka

v  Crop-weather relationship in finger millet, pigeon pea, groundnut and mango

v  Crop-Pest-weather relationship in pigeon pea, groundnut and mango

v  Development of statistical models for establishing the relationship between the weather and the crop

v  Calibration and validation of crop simulation models to get the decision support in crop production under different agroclimatic zones

v  Development of thumb rules for different pest and diseases for mandate crops

v  Agromet advisory services (AAS)

(Varieties released /Technologies developed / Patents developed/ Commercialized etc…)

v  Agro-climatic atlas of Karnataka

v  Statistical analysis of 100 years rainfall data of Karnataka

v  Agro-climatology of finger millet in Karnataka

v  Weather based Agromet advisory for finger millet in Karnataka

v  Climatic characterisation of Gandhi KrishiVignana Kendra (G.K.V.K)

v  Agro-climatic characterization of southern dry zone of Karnataka

v  Agro-climatic onset of monsoon for dry zones of southern Karnataka

v  Re-delineation of Agro-climatic zones of dry zones of southern Karnataka

v  Revised drought declaration using PASM

v  Impact of El-Nino Sothern oscillation and Indian ocean dipole on rainfall over Karnataka: a preliminary assessment

v  Action plan for Karnataka state climate change

v  Crop weather calendars

v  Impact of climate change on Agricultural production in Karnataka.

v  Best Centre Award during 2017-18 from ICAR-CRIDA

v  Best Agromet Field Unit (AMFU) Award-2019 under GKMS project from IMD, GoI.

v  National level best Climate Smart Farmer award from CRIDA, ICAR, Hyderabad, 2017-18 under AICRPAM-NICRA project Bengaluru

v  Surface Weather Observatory

v  Automatic Weather Station

v  Weather Data Base

v  Lightning Detecting Sensor

v  Leaf Area meter

v  Point and Line Quantum Sensor

v  UV radiation sensor

v  Heat Flux

v  Pyranometer

v  Soil moisture meter (Thetaprobe)

v  Providing weather data for research and study purpose to different stakeholders.

v  Started Department of Agricultural Meteorology and PG degree programme at the College of Agriculture GKVK,Bangalore.

Documentation of success stories related AAS

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