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Status of Agrometeorological Information and Dissemination Networks  

Jagtap, Shrikant (Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA)
Li, Chunqiang (Meteorological Research Institute of Hebei Province, China)
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Korean Journal of Agricultural and Forest Meteorology / v.6, no.2, 2004 , pp. 71-84 More about this Journal
Abstract
There is a growing demand for agrometeorological information that end-users can use and not just interesting information. lo achieve this, each region/community needs to develop and provide localized climate and weather information for growers. Additionally, provide tools to help local users interpret climate forecasts issued by the National Weather Service in the country. Real time information should be provided for farmers, including some basic data. An ideal agrometeorological information system includes several components: an efficient data measuring and collection system; a modern telecommunication system; a standard data management processing and analysis system; and an advanced technological information dissemination system. While it is conventional wisdom that, Internet is and will play a major role in the delivery and dissemination of agrometeorological information, there are large gaps between the "information rich" and the "information poor" countries. Rural communities represent the "last mile of connectivity". For some time to come, TV broadcast, radio, phone, newspaper and fax will be used in many countries for communication. The differences in achieving this among countries arise from the human and financial resources available to implement this information and the methods of information dissemination. These differences must be considered in designing any information dissemination system. Experience shows that easy across to information more tailored to user needs would substantially increase use of climate information. Opportunities remain unexplored for applications of geographical information systems and remote sensing in agro meteorology.e sensing in agro meteorology.
Keywords
agrometeorological information system; Internet; information dissemination; operational agriculture; Information network; EWS;
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