Weather and climate is the most influencing factor in agriculture production …let us see how the weather parameters impact crop growth and yield
The AWS - Automatic weather station collects all the weather parameters prevailing in a location and enable the farming community in taking various decisions like scheduling irrigation ( The soil moisture to the depth of top 15 cms plus prevailing temperature , wind speed and solar radiation are considered ) , controlling soil borne diseases like root rot and collar rot infections ( when soil moisture is noted excessive in case of vegetable field ) , preventive control measures - spraying fungicides when atmospheric humidity is high in case of Rice field , timing of fertigiation or fertilizer applications, planning harvest and post harvest operations in order to minimize crop/ yield loss vis-a-vis maintenance of produce quality …
Just sowing seeds, applying fertilizers and spraying pesticides without due consideration for prevailing weather and climate parameters will not help the farmers in successful crop production
