Assessment and Effectiveness of AAS Through Economic Impact Analysis Under Different Microclimatic Regions in Karnal

The present study was conducted in District Agro-meteorological Units (DAMU) at Krishi Vigyan Kendra, ICAR-National Diary Research Institutes, Karnal, and its different villages of this District under the GKMS (Gramin Krishi Mausam Sewa) project of IMD (India Meteorological Department). For this study, a heterogeneous group of about 400 farmers was selected in eight blocks of Karnal (namely Assandh, Gharaunda, Indri, Karnal, Kunjpura, Munak, Nilokheri, and Nissing) in which a group of farmers adopting the agro-met advisory services (AAS) and another group were not following AAS. The data were collected in Rabi and Kharif season during 2019-20 and 2020-21 of district Karnal, which comes under the trans-Gangetic plain region (VI) of Haryana to know the assessment of economic impact analysis of AAS through their potential benefits and effectiveness. Among those farmers were identified and given agro- met advisory bulletin (AAB) information regularly in both seasons and care was taken to implement the advisories as per the recommendation. Crop situations of these farmers were compared with nearby fields having the same crop where the forecast is not adopted by the farmers. Further net benefits obtained by the farmers were incurred from land preparation till the harvesting stage in rice, wheat, summer moong, and maize crop. The net income of AAB followed farmers was about Rs. 7860 in wheat, Rs. 7776 in Rice, Rs. 7800 in summer moong, and Rs. 14800 in Maize over Non-AAS (Non-agro-met advisory services) farmers. The efficiency of AAB in rice crop quantified at its subsequent phenophases occurrence in terms of dynamic feedback collection. The main emphasis of this feedback was to enhance the perception and usability of the forecast by farmers at a weather-sensitive stage in rice crops and to get a better yield in rice. The farmers who have adopted the AAB in their day-to-day operations have realized additional benefits, the application of AAB based on current and forecast weather is a useful tool to for safeguard farmers against weather anomalies and were able to enhance their production as well as income.