• The All India Coordinated Research Project on Agrometeorology (AICRPAM) was initiated by ICAR in May 1983 with the establishment of the Coordinating Cell at the Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture, Hyderabad and 12 Cooperating Centres at various State Agricultural Universities. After a detailed review and evaluation of the progress made by the project and realizing the importance of agrometeorological research support for enhancing food production, ICAR had extended the Cooperating Centres to an additional 13 Agricultural Universities of the country w.e.f. April 1995. More


  • Developed GridEarth Software
  • Developed Dynamic Crop Weather Calendar
  • Thresholds of Percent Available Soil Moisture (PASM) in major rainfed crops were worked out for declaration of drought
  • Developed Agro-climatic onset of crop season for the country
  • Developed Android apps for agromet advisories at Anantapur, Bijapur, Kanpur and Udaipur centres.
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