Reports Summarize Climate Change Findings from Punjab Agricultural University [Mitigation and Risk Management of Climate Change In Crop Cultivation Through the Adoption of Agromet Advisory Bulletin (Aab) In Nicra Adopted Villages In Punjab]: Climate Change

2024 FEB 21 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- Fresh data on Climate Change are presented in a new report. According to news reporting from Punjab, India, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “Crop production is a direct output of manageable (agronomic) and unmanageable (weather) inputs. A farmer can cut down losses in crop production due to aberrant weather conditions by following the weather forecast.”

Financial support for this research came from ICAR-Central Research Institute Dryland Agriculture, Hyderabad.

The news correspondents obtained a quote from the research from Punjab Agricultural University, “The India Meteorological Department is providing a weather forecast on eight weather parameters at district and block level. Under the All India Coordinated Research Project on Agrometeorology-National Innovations in Climate Resilient Agriculture, an Agromet Advisory Bulletin (AAB) is prepared by using this forecast for the coming five days and disseminated to farmers. To evaluate the impact of AAB in three selected villages, Badoshe Kalan and Bauranga Zer (district Fatehgarh Sahib) and Rampur Fasse (district Rupnagar) a survey of 110 farmers was conducted. Amongst the 110 farmers, 70 were marginal/small farmers (landholding < 2.0ha) and 40 were medium farmers (landholding 2-10ha) who adopted the information given by AAB in crop cultivation. The analysis revealed that by following AAB in rice and wheat crops 65-93% farmers benefitted by managing biotic stresses, 65-85% farmers by irrigation management, 75-78% farmers by adjusting sowing and 62-65% farmers by nutrient management. The farmers who scheduled irrigation for their crops by adopting AAB in the rice-wheat cropping system reduced similar to 34.2 metric tonnes of CO2 emissions by preventing wasteful burning of diesel. The adopters of AAB in rice and wheat crop were able to harness an average yield increase of 2.25-3.75q/ha and 1.75-4.50 q/ha, respectively and save nearly Rs 4100 to 7000/ha and Rs 3200-9200/ha, respectively with less expenditure.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “Hence, AAB can help boost crop productivity as well as help reduce carbon footprints and make agriculture an eco-friendly and profitable venture.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Mitigation and Risk Management of Climate Change In Crop Cultivation Through the Adoption of Agromet Advisory Bulletin (Aab) In Nicra Adopted Villages In Punjab. MAUSAM, 2024;75(1):249-256. MAUSAM can be contacted at: India Meteorological Dept, Mausam Bhawan, Lodi Rd, New Delhi, 110 003, India.

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Prabhjyot Kaur, Punjab Agricultural University, Dept Climate Change & Agr Meteorol, Ludhiana 141004, Punjab, India. Additional authors for this research include S. S. Sandhu and Abhishek Dhir.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.54302/mausam.v75i1.6140. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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