INDIAN Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has launched a project to ensure optimal use of weather forecast by farmers of the region to help them raise their agricultural produces. The ‘Experimental Agro-met Advisory Service’ will give four days weather forecast received from Delhi’s National Centre for Medium Range Weather  Forecast (NCMRWF) along with advisory bulletins to different electronic media as part of its aim to help farmers of the State, Director K M Bujarbaruah said. Farmers of North-East, which is a humid area with maximum rainfall, have been at the receiving end due to damages caused to crops by insects, the official said. If the forecast reaches properly to the cultivators, their agricultural produce will increase by 5-10 per cent, Bujarbaruah said. He said the Union Government set up the NCMWF under the Department of Science and Technology to provide medium range forecast to the farmers in addition to short and long-range ones. These medium range forecast are given to the ICAR and analysed before releasing to the media.

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