TARGET STATES (9)

TARGET DISTRICT (31)

PUNJAB

HARYANA

RAJASTHAN

GUJARAT MADHYA PRADESH

BIHAR

ODISHA

ANDHRA PRADESH

The collaboration between

India's first climate and

agriculture risk management

company, Skymet Weather

Services Pvt. Ltd. and world's

premier international

development agency USAID

seeks to improve the

resilience and climate

adaptability of the farmers

across 9 states of India.

Project in a nutshell

6+USD Million Project Cost

9States Covered

31Districts Benefitted

675AWS Installed

84000+Targeted Farmer Coverage

PCSRAPartnership in Climate Services for Resilient Agriculture in India

TELANGANA

Objectives of the Project�Increasing farmer’s accessibility to high quality &

location-specific weather & climate information across 9 states of India.

�Issue ICT-based location specific crop advisory and farming practices package across 31 districts in 9 states of India, based on high-quality weather data.

�Provide farmers access to a comprehensive weather-based crop insurance model for mitigating risks associated with climate variability.

�Develop a community of practice on climate services in India for sharing best practices and lessons learned.

The primary focus of the program is to make climate data & information, risk mitigation

tools & advisory services, more accessible to farmers in the target states of India; and to

make commitments for the development of new risk mitigation products to support

decision-making targeted at the needs of specific climate-vulnerable communities.

WEATHER

SERVICES

Live Weather Data: Real time location

specific weather information including Max

& Min Temperatures, Relative humidity,

Rainfall & Wind speed and direction.

Weather Forecast: Short term (7 days)

ahead forecast updated on daily basis &

Medium term (15 days) ahead forecast

updated on weekly basis.

BENEFITS

Enables farmers plan farming operations

like sowing, weeding, hiring of farm

machinery/ labor, and harvesting of crops.

CROP

ADVISORIES

AGRICULTURAL

INSURANCE

COMMUNITY

OF PRACTICE

Facilitates insurance through the GoI’s

flagship program – the Pradhan Mantri

Fasal Bima Yojna (Prime Ministers

Agricultural Insurance Program).

BENEFITS

Risk minimization through insurance to

cope with climate induced shocks.

Organize farmers meets to share best

practices.

Engage with district agriculture officials,

agricultural research institutions, banks,

farmer organizations and NGOs

BENEFITS

To make farmers discuss and adopt the

best practices for agriculture to be

more productive and effective.

Real-time weather based crop advisory.

Customized advisory based on live

weather data.

Farming practices information to enable

time-sensitive decision making.

BENEFITS

Help farmers make informed decisions

on selection of crops, varieties, when to

irrigation, and apply pesticides, and

fertilizers, etc.

Key Components of the Project

Milestones Achieved

80%Farmers registered alreadyTARGET 84000

7999SkyMitra mobile app downloads

1305Members in WhatsApp groups

130POP (Package of Practice) for major crops in each of the district

generated

2 EACH FOR KHARIF AND RABI SEASONS

93weather display boardsACROSS 31 DISTRICTS

PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPSwith several partners like Dr. YSR Horticulture University, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), S.K. Cold Storage among others.

Lt. Amit Singh Memorial Foundation,

6vernacular languages for SMS,crop advisories, VBS & IVR

The primary focus of the program is to make climate data & information, risk mitigation

tools & advisory services, more accessible to farmers in the target states of India; and to

make commitments for the development of new risk mitigation products to support

decision-making targeted at the needs of specific climate-vulnerable communities.

WEATHER

SERVICES

Live Weather Data: Real time location

specific weather information including Max

& Min Temperatures, Relative humidity,

Rainfall & Wind speed and direction.

Weather Forecast: Short term (7 days)

ahead forecast updated on daily basis &

Medium term (15 days) ahead forecast

updated on weekly basis.

BENEFITS

Enables farmers plan farming operations

like sowing, weeding, hiring of farm

machinery/ labor, and harvesting of crops.

CROP

ADVISORIES

AGRICULTURAL

INSURANCE

COMMUNITY

OF PRACTICE

Facilitates insurance through the GoI’s

flagship program – the Pradhan Mantri

Fasal Bima Yojna (Prime Ministers

Agricultural Insurance Program).

BENEFITS

Risk minimization through insurance to

cope with climate induced shocks.

Organize farmers meets to share best

practices.

Engage with district agriculture officials,

agricultural research institutions, banks,

farmer organizations and NGOs

BENEFITS

To make farmers discuss and adopt the

best practices for agriculture to be

more productive and effective.

Real-time weather based crop advisory.

Customized advisory based on live

weather data.

Farming practices information to enable

time-sensitive decision making.

BENEFITS

Help farmers make informed decisions

on selection of crops, varieties, when to

irrigation, and apply pesticides, and

fertilizers, etc.

Key Components of the Project

Milestones Achieved

80%Farmers registered alreadyTARGET 84000

7999SkyMitra mobile app downloads

1305Members in WhatsApp groups

130POP (Package of Practice) for major crops in each of the district

generated

2 EACH FOR KHARIF AND RABI SEASONS

93weather display boardsACROSS 31 DISTRICTS

PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPSwith several partners like Dr. YSR Horticulture University, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), S.K. Cold Storage among others.

Lt. Amit Singh Memorial Foundation,

6vernacular languages for SMS,crop advisories, VBS & IVR

SkymetWeatherServices

SkymetWeather

T E

+91 120 4094500info@skymetweather.com

Partnership in Climate Services for Resilient Agriculture in India

PCSRA

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