Meghdoot: New Mobile App Launched to Assist Farmers
The Ministries of Earth Sciences and Agriculture have launched a mobile application that will provide location, crop and livestock-specific weather-based agro advisories to farmers in local languages. It has been developed by experts from the India Meteorological Department and Indian Institute of Tropical meteorology and the Indian Council of Agricultural Research.
Key Features
- To begin with, the service would be available in 150 districts in different parts of the country. It will be extended to rest of the country in a phased manner over the next one year.
- It will provide forecast relating to temperature, rainfall, humidity, and wind speed and ....
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