Summary:
Kolkata: In a unique initiative, the state agriculture department is installing as many as 180 meteorological observatories in the agricultural farms and research stations across the state to study the weather conditions beforehand and issue guidelines to the farmers as to what measures have to be taken. Weather system is one of the most important factors that determine the production of various crops in the state. One of the main objectives of the new initiative is to studythe weather conditions of the state and to disseminate information among the farmers relating to weather. These meteorological observatories will record temperature, relative humidity, wind speed and also the direction of wind. It would be immensely handy for them if the agriculture department provides them prior information relating to various weather aspects..