Web-AAS: A web-based extension tool for dissemination of advisory bulletins

Abstract

India Meteorological Department (IMD) has taken a major initiative through its Integrated Agro-Meteorological Advisory Service (IAAS) which integrates weather forecast, climatic and agro-meteorological information to prepare weather based agro-advisories for enhancing farm productivity in India. District level agro-advisory bulletins are being prepared through 130 IAAS located at different place country wide. The IAAS at Directorate of Rapeseed- Mustard Research (DRMR), Bharatpur regularly preparing the agromet advisory bulletins for eastern flood plain zone which includes 5 districts of Rajasthan. Web-AAS, a web based tool has been developed by the DRMR for effective dissemination and archiving these bulletins which allow hassle free access of agromet advisory bulletins to agriculture actors (e.g. farmer, extension officer, student, policy maker, trader, etc) anytime anywhere.