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Review of SMS based agro-advisories in India: ingredients for success for decisions around climate risk management in farming.

ICT enabled climate services information linked to agro-advisories have directly enabled more than 5,000 farmers in at least 10 districts in India (since 2016) to make better decisions in planning and managing their farms using SMS delivered context specific, agro-advisories that incorporate medium-...

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Main Author: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
Format: Case Study
Language:Inglés
Published: 2019
Subjects:
farmers
crops
climate
income
planning
management
risk management
farms
risk
services
information
farming
climate services
ingredients
case studies
agrifood systems
rural development
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/121394
Summary:ICT enabled climate services information linked to agro-advisories have directly enabled more than 5,000 farmers in at least 10 districts in India (since 2016) to make better decisions in planning and managing their farms using SMS delivered context specific, agro-advisories that incorporate medium-, extended-range and seasonal climate forecasts. This will likely to result in 20% increase in the yield of groundnut and chickpea crops and contribute US$225/hectare to income.

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