Providing Information On Forecasted Weather Agro-Met Advisory

Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services 11/04/2012 NIC 1

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services Providing Information On FORECASTED WEATHER & AGRO-MET ADVISORIES Software Requirements Specifications (SRS) (NIC-SRS Version 1. 0) April 2012 National Informatics Centre Services Inc. Department of Information Technology Ministry of Communications & Information Technology Government of India 11/04/2012 NIC 2

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services • The Department of Agriculture and Cooperation (DAC), Ministry of Agriculture has decided to implement National e-Governance Programme (Ne. GP) in the Agricultural Sector as a Mission Mode Project (A-MMP), covering Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries. • The A-MMP also aims to address the needs of the farming community and its other related stakeholders, through provision of weather advisory information and services through the various delivery channels available in their vicinity for assisting them in making rational decision. 11/04/2012 NIC 3

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services Mission Objectives ü ü ü ü ü District level information with Agro Climatic and National Agricultural Research Project (NARP) nomenclature of zone distributions Dissemination of information on Forecasted Weather by IMD Agro-Met Advisory (Maharashtra Model of Customized SMS based advisories to be adopted) District Level advisories available at present to be used for dissemination A strong Feedback mechanism/ Help Desk to be developed so as to capture the observations of the farmers and improve upon the Advisories accordingly Dissemination in vernacular medium Transfer advisories and related information to NIC to be ported on portal Advisory Bulletins to farmers and stakeholders regarding weather sensitive agricultural operations to mitigate weather based risk on crop cultivation Advisories on Forecasted Weather, Variety Selection, Field Selection, Sowing Time, Crop Health and Agro-met Advisory to be provided by experts at the State and National Level 11/04/2012 NIC 4

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services Mission Objectives ü SMS Alerts on ü ü Weather Forecast Impact on Crop, Impact on livestock Impact on fisheries ü Study of Existing Automation of Meteorological Bulletin for Disseminating the following ü ü ü Forecast based on IMD 5 Day Medium Range data Early Warning System (EWS) on natural calamities Dissemination over SMS/ e-mail/ Web (G 2 F & G 2 C) Actual Weather Summary based on Daily Weather Data Dissemination of Agro-Met Advisories ü Content from Domain Experts at Central/State/ AMFU & KVKs, ü with Early Warning System (EWS) on Pest/Disease infestation. ü Dissemination over SMS/ e-mail/ Web (G 2 F) ü Grievance management through multiple service delivery channels to the farmers 11/04/2012 NIC 5

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services Goal - Automated process e-alert/warning - Creation of infrastructure facilities - Provide G 2 G, G 2 C, G 2 B , G 2 E services 11/04/2012 NIC 6

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services Service Details 1 Information on forecasted weather and agro-met advisory 11/04/2012 This service aims at providing disaggregated district/block level information in each agroecological sub-region on forecasted weather, agro-met advisory, SMS alerts for weather forecast and crop impact and grievance management through multiple service delivery channels to the farmers. NIC 7

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services What is SRS & Why it is required ? An SRS is the art and science of developing an accurate and complete definition of the behaviour of software that can serve as the basis for software development. the conditions affecting the solution (constraints) the parameters of the solution (scope). the functional requirements (what it is required to do) non-functional requirements of the solution (solution attributes). . a blueprint for completing the project with as few redesigns and retrofitting features as possible. It’s a written understanding of what a client requires of a system. 11/04/2012 NIC 8

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services 1. Master Data Management Functional Requirements. 2. Forecast Weather Summary 3. Information on Agro Met Bulletin 4. Information about historical & forecasted Functional requirements capture the intended behaviour of the system - or what the system will do. This behaviour may be expressed as services, tasks or functions the system is required to perform weather 5. Alerts/SMS on forecasted weather & Natural Calamities 6. Grievance redressal management 7. Expert advisory system 8. SMS based crop-weather alerts 9. Training schedules 10. Agro meteorological advisory services

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services Non Functional Requirements. Product requirements Requirements which specify that the delivered product must behave in a particular way e. g. execution speed, reliability, etc. Define system properties and constraints e. g. reliability, response time and storage requirements. Constraints are I/O device capability, system representations, user- friendliness, performance levels, response rates, quality standards , robustness, portability, reliability and maintainability 11/04/2012 Organizational requirements Requirements which are a consequence of organizational policies and procedures e. g. process standards used, implementation requirements, etc. External requirements Requirements which arise from factors which are external to the system and its development process e. g. interoperability requirements, legislative requirements, etc NIC 10

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services Who are the users of this system ? • The stakeholders of the system, who Different users have different interact with the system to accomplish their expectations of the system behavior, tasks. and all these combined together • constitute the overall system A user may be any entity that is interested in the services offered by the system. requirements Dealer/ farmer Financial Gateway (bank) System Ne. GPA system Non Govt State Govt. 11/04/2012 NIC Central Govt 11

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services Stakeholders I. Ministry of Earth Science i. ii. Indian Meteorological Department(IMD) National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecast(NCMRWF) iii. Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) II. Indian Council of Agricultural Research(ICAR) i. Central Research Institute for Dry land Agriculture (CRIDA) ii. Krishi Vignan Kendras(KVKs) III. Ministry of Agriculture i. Department of Agriculture and Cooperation ii. Crop Weather Watch Group iii. Department of Animal Husbandry Dairying and Fisheries iv. Cooperative Departments IV. Department of Space V. Central/State Agricultural Universities, Colleges Research Institutes 11/04/2012 NIC and 12

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services Stakeholders Non Government Organisations o o o 11/04/2012 Farmers Training Centres Farmers Clubs and Farmers Field Schools NGOs / Self Help Groups Private Sector Companies Akshaya, NYK, Farm Clubs, Kudumbashre, KILA NIC 13

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services Stakeholders I. 11/04/2012 State and District Departments i. Department of Agriculture ii. State Agricultural Management and Extension Training Institutes (SAMETIs) iii. State Remote Sensing Application Centre iv. ATMA(District Level) v. Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying vi. Department of Fisheries vii. District Administration viii. Revenue Department ix. Block /panchayat level Agriculture / Vet. / fisheries Officers x. Cooperative Departments xi. Media xii. PWD, Irrigation, Hydroelectric, Port, telegraphs, Railway and Community NIC 14

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services Stakeholders II. Farmer Centric Departments organisations and other i. Farmers Training Centres(agriculture, fishermen, livestock) ii. Farmers Clubs iii. Farmers Field Schools iv. NGOs / Self Help Groups v. Private Sector Companies 11/04/2012 NIC 15

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services Transaction based Information on weather forecast Work flow based Content based 11/04/2012 NIC 16

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services § § Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVKs), MVK Transaction based Information on Forecasted Weather & Agro. Met Advisories Common Service Centres § Agri clinics / Agri Business centres, Private kiosks § § Departmental Offices § Extension workers § Work flow based SUWIDHA Centres State Agricultural Universities § § NIC NGOs active in Agricultural § § 11/04/2012 Research Organisations § Content based Agriculture Colleges Sector SMS (pull/Push), Email alerts 17

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services § § § Online (web based service) § Mass media(TV, Radio, Newspapers) Print Media (Pamphlets, Gazettes, Notifications etc. Advertisement § Postal Services Gram Panchayats § Content based State Call Centres (SCC) § Work flow based § § Information on Forecasted Weather & Agro. Met Advisories Kisan Call Centres (KCC) § § Transaction based (IVRS) Dashboard / Digital Notice Board NIC Farmers Training Centres, § 11/04/2012 § ATIS 18

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services • Master data management • Agro-ecological regions/sub-regions • Farmers , Agro Climatic Parameters • Weather Summary , Forecast Summary (http: //tripuraicar. gov. in/agromet. html ) to be customised for All India) • Collecting Rainfall data (India Transaction based Information on Forecasted Weather & Agro. Met Advisories Work flow based Meteorological Department/Automatic Weather Stations/Rain gages / other sources) • Impact on Crop, Livestock, Agriculture etc. Content based • 11/04/2012 NIC 19

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services • Actual weather details • Forecasted weather details Services • Fertilizer and manure application, scheduling of cultural operations Transaction based Information on Forecasted Weather & Agro. Met Advisories • Agro-met Advisories based on forecasted weather on - Crop Variety Selection, Work flow based - Crop field selection - Sowing Time, Crop Health - harvest, post harvest, Content based - preventive measures on pest , disease forecast. - Agriculture operation, livestock management activities 11/04/2012 NIC 20

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services Transaction based Information on Forecasted Weather & Agro. Met Advisories • GIS - Mapping of location Work flow based with resources • Expert advisory Content based 11/04/2012 • Grievance management NIC 21

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services Service Component to Application mapping Content Based Components Sl. No. 1 Service Component Application Weather forecast summary Medium Range Weather Forecast comprising of capturing of forecast data published by the IMD, allow for its moderation by IMD local office 2 Information on Actual weather Actual Weather comprising of capturing actual weather summary data on different parameters (Temperature min. / max. , Wind Speed / direction, Rainfall, Humidity min. / max. , Cloud) as sent by the different Agro-Met Stations, converting and incorporating weather historical data (one -time) generating actual weather summary 3 Information on monsoon status (Weekly / Monthly / Yearly for planning based on South West Monsoon and North East Monsoon 11/04/2012 NIC 22

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services Service Component to Application mapping Content Based Components Sl. No. 4 Service Component Application Information on Agro Met Bulletin comprising of crop staging advisories filtered/aggregated at any level 5 Advisory on Crop staging information and Insect/ Expert Advisory on Crop staging information and Insect/ Pest infestation information related to Agro Met 6 Information / impact of prevailing weather Providing Information / impact of prevailing weather conditions on different crops 7 information crops by the agricultural officers. Information on Weather based / seasonal Providing information on livestock diseases and advisories to take care livestock disease 8 livestock from various weather based / seasonal conditions. Crop weather calendars Up-to-date crop weather calendars for entire country. That consists crop growth stages, warnings, weather condition, water requirement, phytophases, meteorological conditions, crop pests and diseases, planning, irrigation scheduling and plant protection measures. 11/04/2012 NIC 23

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services Service Component to Application mapping Content Based Components Sl. No. Service Component Application 9 An updated version of Agro climatic Atlas is prepared by Agro climatic Atlas of India taking more no. of stations along with inclusion of more no. Of parameters. 10 Soil Moisture Mapping of India Soil moisture status is an important component of water balance in a region. Based on short period data series publication on “Soil Moisture Mapping of India” has been prepared by the Agrimet Division. Gravimetric observations of soil moisture (SM) on bare soils from a network of 30 stations in India 11 MIS Reports 11/04/2012 Few dynamic MIS reports related to agro-met System. NIC 24

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services Service Component to Application mapping Transaction Based Components Sl. No. Service Component Application 12 Grievance Management Farmer / citizen should be provided facility to submit their grievances / ground level facts and the public suggestion through IVRS to Government. A System may also be provided for monitoring the grievance lodged and action taken/ solution provided by advisory bodies 13 Forecast Weather Summary Medium Range Weather Forecast comprising of capturing of forecast data published by the IMD, allow for its moderation by IMD local office 11/04/2012 NIC 25

1. Transaction based Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services Service Component to Application mapping Transaction Based Components S. No. Service Component Application 14 Information on Agro Met Bulletin comprising of crop staging advisories filtered/aggregated at any level 15 Information about historical and forecasted Information rainfall 16 historical forecasted Alerts on forecasted weather & natural Information on forecasted weather & natural SMS Based weather calamities and generation of Alerts & natural calamities SMS Based weather alerts to agricultural / fish alerts 18 and rainfall calamities 17 about farmers SMS Based Crop- weather alerts 11/04/2012 NIC 26

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services As – is System 11/04/2012 NIC 27

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services Agro-meteorological Advisory Services in the Country – An AS-IS-Situation Scenario (975) centres • ICAR • IMD 11/04/2012 IMD 1. All India Coordinated Research Project in Agro-Meteorology (AICRPAM) of CRIDA, ICAR : 30 Centres in Regional Research Stations and Centre for Agro-Met Research in SAUs/SVUs, for Location-specific weather forecast anytime when Farmers wants; 2. All India Coordinated Research Project in Dryland Agriculture (AICRPDA) of CRIDA, ICAR : through ICAR Institutions and SAUs; 3. Krishi Vigyan Kendras (615), one in each district, of ICAR; 4. National Initiative in Climatic Resilient Agriculture (NICRA) Centres – 100 Centres (100 proposed); 5. District level Contingency Plan for Weather vagaries in India; FARMER 30 ICAR 615 KVK 100 NICRA 130 AMFU Forecast On Tuesdays & Fridays National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting (NCMRWF of 1. Integrated Agromet Advisory Services (IAAS) through 130 Agro-Meteorological Field Units (AMFUs), located in SAUs/Regional Research Stations; Involvement of Private / Public Sectors to strengthen IAAS, through MOU; Involvement of IITs, IISc, NITs, State / Central Universities, etc; 2. E-AGROMET : ICT enabled Agro-met Advisory services through IIIT, Hyderabad (Automating Advisory preparation using Date warehousing/data mining techniques etc) 3. Block level IAAS in pilot scale; Gramin Krishi Mousam Sewa during 12 th Five Year Plan; NIC 28

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services AFMU role in the chain of operation Forecast from IMD, New Delhi State Met Centers Agro-met Advisory Bulletin by AMFUs Farmer / End User 11/04/2012 NIC 29

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services Observational network for agro-met services Type of Observatory Nos. Type of Observatory Surface Observatories 559 Aviation Current Weather 71 Nos. Soil Moisture Recording Stations Dew-fall Recording Stations High Wind Speed Recording Stations 4 INSAT-based Data Collection Platforms 100 Hydro meteorological Observatories 701 Non-Departmental Rain gauge -Reporting-3540 Reporting- 6 Radiation Stations 45 Air Pollution Observatories 5039 Non-Departmental Glaciological 39 Ozone Stations - Non- Stations: 80 Evapotranspiration Stations Observatories 49 10 - Background Pollution Observatories 21 Urban Climatological Units Observatories (Non-reporting): Snow gauge 2 Urban Climatological Observatories Ordinary Rain gauges 10 Seasonal Snow Poles 6 Agro meteorological Observatories 219 Ships of the Indian Voluntary Observing Fleet 13 203 11/04/2012 NIC 500+ Automatic Rain Gauge Stations 222 58 Automatic Weather Stations Evaporation Stations Seismological Observatories 390+ 30

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services Observational network for agro-met services Agro-met Division of IMD maintains different agro-met observatories, for agro meteorological, evaporation, soil moisture, evapo transpiration, dew fall and desert locust monitoring. At present, there were 219 agro meteorological observatories, 42 ET and 43 soil moisture observatories, 49 evaporation observatories and 80 dewfall observatories. 559 stations from all over the country. Besides Agro AWS at 500+ places is installed all over the country and the data is being received in DCP, Pune regularly. Scrutiny of CWS, SM, ET and dew data has been done up to year 2009. 11/04/2012 NIC 31

1. Existing Information Flow hierarchy between various organisations with respect to Weather Forecasting and Agro-met Advisories Ministry of Earth sciences (Government of India) NCMRWF – National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecast. Department of Agriculture and cooperation. Central Crop Weather Watch Group. ICAR R&D inputs. Media Department of Space. Department of Information Technology. IMD Agro-met Services State Department of Agriculture State Meteorological Centre (23) IMD State Crop Weather Watch Groups 1. Drought Monitoring Centre. 2. State Remote Sensing Application Centre. 3. KVKs and NGOs. Agro-meteorological field units(127), Agro climatic zones(15), SAUs, ICAR institutions District level Agriculture extension setup with DACExt/ATMA Extension Directorates Local Media/ NGOs Block Level (BDO) farm input management NGOs and KVKs Village Level(CSC and DIT) 11/04/2012 NIC 32

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services 3. Information Flow for collection of actual weather The source of this information could be Block, or Agri Sub-Divisions or IMD extension offices (in airports). Block District / Sub District Receive rainfall Data from Blocks , Compile and Send to Directorate Joint Directors Office/ Directorate Other Stakeholders Directorate Compile and analyze Data to be used for planning Universities, Research Institutes, Krishi Vigyan Kendras and other stakeholders 33 33

Service 4 Information on Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisories 4. Information Flow for weather forecast Met Data Captured by Meteorological Centre( IMD) from Dept. of Space/Automatic Weather Stations Agro Metrological Field Unit Data sent to AMFUs located at Ranchi, Dumka, East Singhbhum. AMFU Analyses data and Prepares advisory. Deputy Director Agriculture Advisory is sent every Tuesday and Friday to Deputy Director, Agriculture (DDA), Krishi Vigyan Kendra, KRIBHCO, University, NGO’s , ATMA Deputy Director, Agriculture (DDA) acts on advisory through its agencies. KVK also acts on advisory by displaying in display board and Mass Media 34 34

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services 5. E-Agromet project , Kerala v The e-Agromet system is an ICT-enabled agromet advisory preparation system. v Based on the potential weather types, the Guided Agromet Advisory (GAABs) are prepared in e-Agromet software system. v The e-Agromet software system takes real-time weather forecast received from IMD and produces corresponding GAAB as an output. In the proposed system, the Real-time Agromet Advisory Bulletin (RAAB) is prepared by retrieving the corresponding GAAB from e-Agromet. After retrieving GAAB, the expert team prepares the corresponding RAAB by deliberating the crop and weather dynamics. v The feedback from the expert team is stored back into e-Agromet system. The RAABs are disseminated to the stakeholders. Also, feedback is collected which is entered into the e-Agromet Realtime Weather forecast by IMD Potential Weather Forecast Types Preparation of Guided Agromet Bulletin (GAAB) Feedback through stakeholders and field visits by scientists e. Agromet: Repository of PABs Preparation of RAAB Delivery of RAB to Stakeholders

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services 6. EWS-Alappuzha , Kerala EWS is a people-centered disaster warning mechanism that will function for the fishing community who are easily vulnerable to natural calamities. A facility to offer mobile access to fisher folk. Provides day to day possible disaster information to fishermen through SMS (voice message in their language). The key partner to implement this project is the Revenue Department Disaster control room in collaboration with NGOs and Grama Panchayats of the coastal areas, the Meteorological Department, BSNL etc. The technical assistance is provided by National Informatics Centre. The District Administration provides the overall regulatory and coordination framework, other organizations can network and provide expertise to achieve the objectives of the project. The objective is to have a sustainable program in place to provide an SMS and email alerts on a possible disaster and most importantly early warning dissemination throughout the district. 11/04/2012 NIC 36

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services 6. EWS-Alapuzha , Kerala How ? • On line registration of stakeholders • Activation of accounts by District Administrators • Information delivery as SMS / voice message in their language , E-mail 14/03/2012 NIC 37

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services 7. Services provided by IMD – HQ in tie up with state IMD stations. Which in turn with Dept. of fisheries, Dept. fo Animal Husbandry, Irrigation etc a. Area Cyclone Warning Centres(ACWC) and the Cyclone Warning Centres (CWC) of IMD are responsible for cyclone forecasting in the Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea - the National Cyclone Warning Centre at New Delhi being the coordinator. Computerised Operational Advisory Forecasts on cyclone movements are being issued by the Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) division of the Department at the H. Q. , New Delhi 11/04/2012 NIC 38

Service 4 Information on Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisories 7. Services provided by IMD – HQ in tie up with state IMD stations. Which in turn with Dept. of fisheries, Dept. fo Animal Husbandry, Irrigation etc b. Area Cyclone Warning Centres (ACWC ) Issues four stage warnings on Cyclone alert & Cyclone warning, in case of a system striking the coast or near the coast and port & fisheries warnings and heavy rainfall warnings for various agencies. After receipt of pre-cyclone watch bulletin issued by HQ, ACWC/CWC will monitor issue of warnings under two stage warning system- Cyclone Alert and Cyclone Warning. 11/04/2012 NIC 39

Service 4 Information on Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisories 7. Services provided by IMD – HQ in tie up with state IMD stations. Which in turn with Dept. of fisheries, Dept. fo Animal Husbandry, Irrigation etc C. Cyclone Alert - the first stage warning: This is issued 48 hrs. in advance of the commencement of adverse weather, to Collector of coastal districts and the Chief Secretary of the concerned maritime state. After issue of alert message for broadcast, the concerned AIRs are to be requested to maintain round the clock watch to receive & broadcast the subsequent numbered bulletins. 11/04/2012 NIC 40

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services 7. Services provided by IMD – HQ in tie up with state IMD stations. Which in turn with Dept. of fisheries, Dept. fo Animal Husbandry, Irrigation etc d. Cyclone warning – the second stage warning: This is issued 24 hrs. in advance of the commencement of adverse weather. Subsequent to this warning, any other crucial warning is being sent more frequently to all the concerned recipients (Collectors & Chief Secretaries), if the storm is tracked by radar with a high degree of confidence. These recipients will be informed that subsequent warning on the storm will be broadcast by AIR stations. 11/04/2012 NIC 41

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services 7. Services provided by IMD – HQ in tie up with state IMD stations. Which in turn with Dept. of fisheries, Dept. fo Animal Husbandry, Irrigation etc d. Cyclone warning – fourth stage warning: Post Landfall Outlook (PLO) meant for Interior districts issued 12 hrs. before the estimated landfall of the storm in order to bring to the notice of the Collectors of interior districts about their area likely to be affected by cyclone 11/04/2012 NIC 42

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services 7. Services provided by IMD – HQ in tie up with state IMD stations. Which in turn with Dept. of fisheries, Dept. fo Animal Husbandry, Irrigation etc e. Fisheries Warnings When wind speed over sea area is expected to exceed 45 kmph in the sea area up to 75 Nautical miles from the coast, wind warnings are issued and communicated to the Director of Fisheries, all Dy. Directors of Fisheries and Director of Ports through fax/SMS through VPN connection, advising fisherman to be cautious while venturing into the sea. 11/04/2012 NIC 43

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services 7. Services provided by IMD – HQ in tie up with state IMD stations. Which in turn with Dept. of fisheries, Dept. fo Animal Husbandry, Irrigation etc. f. Heavy rainfall warnings When rainfall amount is expected to exceed 7 cm, heavy rainfall warnings are issued to District Collectors and various agencies, such as public services, PWD, Irrigation, Hydroelectric, Port, telegraphs, Railway and Community Project Officials, so that the disaster management machinery can be kept in readiness 11/04/2012 NIC 44

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services 7. Services provided by IMD – HQ in tie up with state IMD stations. Which in turn with Dept. of fisheries, Dept. fo Animal Husbandry, Irrigation etc f. Heavy rainfall warnings During cyclone (tsunami) depressions , the dept. Of fisheries receives information from cyclone warning centre Vishakapatanam through phone or SMS after receipt of the warning district fisheries officials shall communicate the message to the field level officers (FDO) and request them to communicate the same to the fishermen. Depending on the intensity, the fishermen are made alert not to venture into the sea. The fishermen village heads are informed by phone or in phones or in person not to venture into sea directly by district officers. 11/04/2012 NIC 45

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services 7. Services provided by IMD – HQ in tie up with state IMD stations. Which in turn with Dept. of fisheries, Dept. fo Animal Husbandry, Irrigation etc g. INCOIS digital display systems are in placed in coastal areas since 2010. The following measures have been adopted by the hatchery units, farms etc. under the inclement weather Under depression rainy season , cyclone condition - farmers should stop feeding to the seedlings - Reduce stocking density - Test the water quality - if ammonia is high, apply zeolite at 10 -15 kgs per acre. Use bioremediators to prevent release and accumulation of bad gases like amonia, hydrogen sulphide etc. . 11/04/2012 NIC 46

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services Existing dissemination mechanism 11/04/2012 NIC A number of private firms namely Reuter Market Light, Handygo, Vritti Solution, IFFCO Kisan Sanchar Limited (IKSL), Nokia is disseminating the Agromet Advisories generated under IAAS through SMS and Interactive Voice (IVRS). At present, 15 States namely Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, West Bengal, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamilnadu, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra and Himachal Pradesh have been covered under this service. Advisory is also disseminated through SMS to the farming community of Maharashtra, in collaboration with the State Department of Agriculture, Government of Maharashtra. At present 1965361 farmers were benefitted by this service 47

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services To – Be System 11/04/2012 NIC 48

Service 4 System Architecture Diagram Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services 11/04/2012 NIC 49

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services Home Page View of State Agriculture Portal 11/04/2012 NIC 50

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services The Agro-met Advisory Service Section view of State Agriculture Portal 11/04/2012 NIC 51

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services The Agro-met Advisory Service Section view of State Agriculture Portal Authorities Latest News events Agro-met Advisory Agro-met News Subscribe to Newsletter Archives Newsletter Agro climatic zone classification National level State level District level Weather based agro Advisory 5 Tier details Ministry Policy IMD Pune Met center Agro met field units KVK National PRIORITY AREAS (common areas) 11/04/2012 State priority areas (agro climatic zone wise) Dissemination of advisories Email SMS Radio Doordarshan Newspaper Best Practices (On the basis of agro climatic zone) General Condition Extreme Condition Contingency Plan End user and stakeholder feedback Risk Factor (local level) End user query redressal Scroll information on current day weather Service Provider NIC 52

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services Automatic Alerts on Weather Aberration • System will generate automatic weather alerts against Pre-defined threshold limits of 7 parameters of weather • Alerts will be area Specific Alert! Temp will rise by 6 deg C above Threshold in next 24 hrs. “PROTECT YOUR GRAPES FROM EXCESSIVE HEAT” 11/04/2012 NIC 53

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services Information Needs for the End Users (Early warning System) • Local agro-climate & its variability • Weather forecast ü Short & Medium Range ü Extended range ü Seasonal Scale • Climate Prediction • Pest/disease prognosis & control measures • Advice on sowing/harvest, cultivar selection, farm input management & intercultural operations 11/04/2012 NIC 54

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services Empowering End Users Ø Generate information on • Weather & Climate (Observations & Forecast) • Impact of likely weather on agricultural and farming industry • Impact of likely weather on Pest and Disease • Weather based input management • Weather sensitivity of farm operations Ø Development of decision making tools 11/04/2012 NIC 55

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services Empowering Tools Information would be required from various empowering tools • Creation of farmer’s / end users database • Crops, Soils, Pest and Diesease modeling • Remote sensing information mapping (location/weather) • Disseminate information through Web, Mobile etc. • Outreach, capacity building, Feedback mechanism • Mobile based e-Authentication of AADHAAR for using Ne. GP Applications. 11/04/2012 NIC 56

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services Challenges § § § § § Weather Forecast mechanism – quality, timeliness, usability etc. Locale Specific, Quantitative, Seamless – ( viz. integrated approach) Agro-meteorological Advisory – cross functional dependency. Advisory Dissemination, Outreach & Feedback – quality Decision Support Tools for Translating Weather Forecast into Advisories – technical Crops, Livestock, Pest and Disease , Fisheries conditions assessment Where to collect information from? Diagnose Weather Related Stress Who will diagnose and monitor? Weather Sensitivity of Crops & Management Practices Who will measure and provide? Synergistic Collaboration among stakeholders Who are these institutions? 11/04/2012 NIC 57

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services Integrated Agro-met Advisory Services (IAAS) 11/04/2012 NIC 58

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services Integrated Agro-met Advisory Services (IAAS) IAAS project is being implemented through five-tier structure to set up different components of the service spectrum. It include meteorological (weather observing & forecasting), agricultural (identifying weather sensitive stress & preparing suitable advisory using weather forecast), extension (two way communication with user) and information dissemination (Media, Information Technology, Telecom) agencies 11/04/2012 NIC 59

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services Silent Features of Integrated Agro-met Advisory Services (IAAS) • • • Smart Dissemination System Feedback option for end users Less expensive Monitoring & Review AAS awareness & user interaction programs - Conducted at State, District levels 11/04/2012 NIC 60

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services Agro-met advisory System – AICRPA 11/04/2012 NIC 61

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Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services Geographical Information System ‘GIS’ • ‘GIS’ system captures, integrates, stores, edits, analyzes, shares, and displays geographic information. • It is digitally creates and "manipulates" spatial areas. • Allow users to create interactive queries, analyze spatial information, edit data, maps, and present the results of all these operations. 11/04/2012 NIC 63

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services Vet GIS: DIS based System to Find Suspect Regions For Animal Disease/Discomfort Caused By Hazardous Water • weather conditions are not suitable for different animals • Identifying suspect regions prone to outbreak of animal disease caused by weather conditions prevailing for somewhat longer durations. • It helps to protect animals from extreme weather conditions like: ü Drought ü floods ü Weather ü Hot Weather 11/04/2012 NIC 64

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services Climate-Resilient agriculture and green growth • Climate change is an imposing challenge faced across all continents. • Emerging economies like India are no exception, with climate change impacting not just agriculture but rural ecosystems more broadly and urban environments too (Gov. of India 2008). • India has some advantages, though, in being able to learn from the mistakes and experiences of the industrialized world, and to take advantage of new technologies; including information and communication technologies (ICTs). 11/04/2012 NIC 65

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services Climate-Resilient agriculture and green growth Encompassing information on the following areas: Environment and Energy Management Ecology and Ecosystems Flora, Fauna and Conservation Environment Law and Trade Media, Environment Education and Sustainable Development • Chemicals, Wastes and Toxicology • • • 11/04/2012 NIC 66

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services Climate-Resilient agriculture and green growth This forum explores two main areas where ICT can be used to achieve climate-smart agriculture: Tools for land use planning and management Risk management tools for climate change adaptation Dissemination Communication technologies such as mobile phones, PDAs, Email, radio, Television and Newspapers can be used to disseminate this information as well as information on good farming practices to farmers. 11/04/2012 NIC 67

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services SMS dissemination process Delhi HQ & Agro -Met Source End User (Received Message with hyper link) Server Process Moderate snow on an overcast sky and cold humid day. Min: 8. 0 deg C Max: 24. 0 deg C Min humidity: 29. 0 % Max humidity: 65. 0 % Rainfall: 0. 0 mm Server Process End User 1 (mobile) 11/04/2012 End User 2 (mobile) End User –n (mobile) NIC 68

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services To be process for Agro-Met dissemination 11/04/2012 NIC 69

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services Functionalities : proposed Agro Met system Functionality Description Actor(s) View Agro Met Advisory This use case would allow the actor to select view Agro Met Advisory SAP user, farmer, general users View Agro Met News This use case would allow the actor to select view Agro Met News SAP user, farmer, general users Generate Automatic alerts on weather This use case would allow the actor to aberration get Automatic alerts on weather aberration SAP user, farmer, general users Subscribe to Agro Met Newsletter This use case would allow the actor to Subscribe to Agro Met Newsletter SAP user, farmer, general users View Archives Newsletter This use case would allow the actor to view Archives Newsletter SAP user, farmer, general users View Agro climatic zone classification This use case would allow the actor to view Agro climatic zone classification SAP user, farmer, general users View Weather based agro Advisory This use case would allow the actor to view Weather based agro Advisory SAP user, farmer, general users 11/04/2012 NIC 70

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services Functionalities : proposed Agro Met system Functionality Description Actor(s) View National PRIORITY AREAS (common areas) This use case would allow the actor to view Weather based agro Advisory SAP user, farmer, general users View State priority areas (agro climatic zone wise) This use case would allow the actor to view State priority areas (agro climatic zone wise) SAP user, farmer, general users Dissemination of advisories This use case would allow the actor to Select Dissemination of advisories SAP user, farmer, general users View Best Practices (On the basis of agro climatic zone) This use case would allow the actor to Select View Best Practices (On the basis of agro climatic zone) SAP user, farmer, general users Capture End user and stakeholder feedback This use case would allow the actor to Select upload End user and stakeholder feedback SAP user, farmer, general users Upload End user query redressal This use case would allow the actor to Select Upload End user query redressal SAP user, farmer, general users Scroll information on current day weather This use case would allow the actor to Select Scroll information on current day weather SAP user, farmer, general users 11/04/2012 NIC 71

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services Broad spectrum of the activities of different tier IMD has issued quantitative district level (619 districts) weather forecast up to 5 days and the products comprise of quantitative forecasts for 7 weather parameters viz. , rainfall, maximum temperature, minimum temperatures, wind speed, wind direction, relative humidity and cloudiness. In addition, weekly cumulative rainfall forecast is also provided. IMD, New Delhi generates these products using Multi Model Ensemble technique based on forecast products available from number models of India and other countries. The products were disseminated to Regional Meteorological Centers and Meteorological Centers of IMD located in different states 11/04/2012 NIC 72

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services Agro-meteorological Advisory Services System overview (as proposed by IMD through e-AGROMET project): 1. Identify the potential weather deviation patterns by analyzing weather data of past years(50 Years). 2. For each potential weather pattern , prepare Agro-Met Advisory Bulletin in advance. 3. Based on the weather predictions, System finds appropriate Agro-Met Bulleting and sends the same to farmers Identifying Potential weather pattern by applying data mining methods Source: Presentation of CRIDA, Hyderabad 11/04/2012 Weather forecast by IMD Preparation of Agro met bulletin in an offline manner e. Agromet System (Repository of Agro met bulletin) Feedback through stakeholders and field visits by scientists NIC Approval/ adjustments of agro-met bulletin by experts Delivery of online agro-met advisory bulletin to farmers and stakeholders 73

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services Broad spectrum of the activities of different tier 11/04/2012 NIC 74

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services The design of e. Agro-met system The objectives are as follows: • The system should be simple to use and understand. • The efficiency of agro-met bulletin preparation process should be increased. • The agro-met bulletin should be searchable and reusable. • 11/04/2012 The system can be deployed in any location. NIC 75

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services The design of e. Agro-met system Ongoing process of agro-met bulletin preparation: Observation type of weather deviation Capturing the After receiving weather prediction for next five days, In order to design the proposed system, it was the agro-met expert captures the trend regarding how Agro-met advice preparation observed the current system of agro-met advice weather parameters vary in the predicted week and preparation process and made the following influence on the crop. Next, he/she tries to analyze past week actual weather data of the region, and observations. After grasping the affect of the weather makes past few weeks on the croppast week’s for effort to capture the influence of and the weather data on the crops. Normally, it was observed The process of agro-met bulletin starts with the possible effect of predicted weather, the that, the agro-met expert try to understand how receipt of weather prediction from IMD to AMFU. agro-met scientist prepares agro-met weather of past several weeks has influenced the crops and possible which contains theprediction on the At the AMFU, the following steps are followed to bulletin, influence of weather possible risk given crop. So, the agro-met prepare agro-met bulletins. expert understands the mitigation steps by considering each effect of weather deviation (how weather trend vary crop over past few weeks to the predicted weather) and starts the process of preparing agro-met bulletin. 11/04/2012 NIC 76

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services The design of e. Agro-met system Concepts employed for designing e-Agro-met system Kindly see the SRS doc. file page no. 25 to 59 11/04/2012 NIC 77

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services System Architecture Diagram 14/03/2012 NIC 78

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services Product Perspective Memory Constraints • The proposed system will be suitably performed on 512 MB and above primary memory. • However, lower primary memory will not debar the system from running but performance might not reach up to expected level. • There is no such need in major secondary memory availability, so it is not constrained. 11/04/2012 NIC 79

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services Product Perspective Operations • During the course of application usage, general user including CAP and SAP users will not be required perform any operation other than system features. • Applications and portals will be hosted into the Data Centre in secured government domain. • Normal maintenance operations such as backup will be scheduled and automated and will be looked into by the system administrators in case of any recovery is to be done. • User initiations not needed. No additional data processing operations by the users would be required except the system interactive options. 11/04/2012 NIC 80

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services Product Perspective Site Adaptation Requirements The application proposed will be developed as a web based application. For running the application the computer system having a basic GUI based Operating System and browsers will be required as minimum requirements along with internet connectivity. Skill manpower along with data entry operators at various locations like centre, states and other offices at block level will be required to upload and update the information/data. 11/04/2012 NIC 81

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services Product Perspective User Characteristics All users of the system, e. g. DAC, SAD, Researchers / SAU, although are literate people excluding the farmers who may or may not be literate, yet training needs to be imparted to all users of the system for effective use and timely dissemination of information / data through the system. 11/04/2012 NIC 82

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services Product Perspective Constraints Regulatory Policies - As per Govt. Directives Hardware Limitations Dependency on connectivity, bandwidth constraints in different regions across the country for Web/Mobile based interface. Interfaces to other applications - The portal needs to interact with different set of applications at state soil testing labs in different states. Parallel Operation - Unexpected increase in the number of concurrent user requests during peak transaction period. Higher-Order Language requirements: The application will be in vernacular languages and language is not constrained. 11/04/2012 NIC 83

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services Product Perspective Assumptions and Dependencies It is assumed that every State Testing Lab will have hardware and software infrastructure setup like PC, UPS, printer, internet connection, OS, required patched anti-virus etc. User will be provided with login & password facility. Data input and its accuracy though will depend on the user. 11/04/2012 NIC 84

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services Product Perspective Specific requirements External Interface Requirements User Interfaces Web based Graphical User Interface (GUI) will be provided. Portal will be completely menu driven and user friendly. The GUI consists of the various Input forms, output screens along with the help files provided as per the requirement. 11/04/2012 NIC 85

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services Product Perspective Specific requirements External Interface Requirements Hardware Interfaces The following hardware interfaces are required to access the portal: § Computer System: any x 86 based computer having minimum 512 MB RAM § Printer: Dot matrix printer (132 columns) preferably a Laser Printer will be needed to take the various outputs of the system time to time. § UPS: 0. 5 or 1 KVA Online UPS will be required to maintain the uninterrupted power supply to computer and printer. 11/04/2012 NIC 86

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services Product Perspective Specific requirements External Interface Requirements Software Interfaces At Client End: §Base OS: Any Windows based operating system or any other system having graphical user interface based Operating System §Browser: Internet Explorer 6. 0 or above, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome or Opera At Server End: §Base OS – Will be decided later at the development stage §Framework - Will be decided later at the development stage §Technology Platform – Will be decided later at the development stage §Database - Will be decided later at the development stage §Browser – Internet Explorer 6. 0 or above 11/04/2012 NIC 87

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services External Interface Requirements Communication Interfaces The Application will work on Local Area Network (LAN) or Internet also. Along with this, the system will interact the SMS Gateway server to push SMS to different stakeholders and emails servers also to send the automated emails generated from the system to various stakeholders of the system. Any person having minimum of hardware configuration can access the Agro-met Advisory Services through Internet. The Agro-met Advisory Services should be optimized on any kind of browser across different operating system platform. It should be accessible from mobile phone and other communication devices supporting Internet access. 11/04/2012 NIC 88

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services Product Perspective Specific requirements Performance Requirements Scalability Requirements The system is scalable and can be rolled out to all the states in Pan India after the pilot implementation in 7 states. As the basic processes having transactional flows like Soil Testing Labs, Expert Advisory systems etc have same processes throughout India. 11/04/2012 NIC 89

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services Product Perspective Specific requirements Software System Attributes Usability The Screens should be designed for ease of use by non technical users who do not have any computer knowledge. The GUI design shall be intuitive and task-based without any superfluous design. The design should adopt the following principles: § Use relative font size so that a user can easily change overall font size from the browser interface. § Text equivalents should be given for all graphics. § Application should function even if Javascript, CSS and Frames are turned off. § Navigability –The user should be able to perform operations without having to navigate through multiple pages/links – No operation should require more than 2 to 3 clicks. § Familiarity – The system’s interfaces and navigations should be based on other systems that the users are familiar with. § Administration – The system should not require any administration tasks at the user level. Interfaces should be available for administration/setup operations. § Help - The system should come equipped with Computer based tutorial in English and ten other languages for users to “self-Soilve” any navigability or operational doubts. § Standards Adherence – The system should adhere to commonly accepted standards of web-design (such as acceptable size of web pages, minimal images, small style sheets etc) 11/04/2012 NIC 90

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services Product Perspective Specific requirements Software System Attributes Reliability § From the application portal, it is expected that there shall not be any bug and the system shall be tested on end cases to offer user a quality and reliable package. § 11/04/2012 Due to any human interventions, the system should not behave abnormally. NIC 91

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services Product Perspective Specific requirements Software System Attributes Availability Application shall be up and running and must be available 24 x 7 and any one shall be able to connect to it from anywhere. It shall trap all errors and prevent users from accessing unauthorized areas of the application. In case of application or a hardware failure, the system should re-initiate immediately. In case of a possible hardware failure or corruption of database the system administrator should immediately restore the backup. 11/04/2012 NIC 92

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services Product Perspective Specific requirements Software System Attributes Security - § The system should have protection against Unauthorized creation/modification of data - through user name and password authentication as defined for relevant user groups. § Unauthorized viewing of data - through user name and password authentication as defined for relevant user groups. § The software should adhere to security guidelines, standards and policies prescribed by NIC’s Security Division and should be audited & certified for compliance to these standards by Security Division before it is hosted in Production Environment. § The software should be protected against any unauthorized access to the software. 11/04/2012 NIC 93

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services Product Perspective Specific requirements Software System Attributes Maintainability In order to ensure maintainability of the application, the following should be insured § The application will be designed and developed based on the instructions given by NIC / DAC. Software Code must be modular and well documented § All the artifacts related to the software such as code, SRS, User Manual etc. should be well documented and self-explanatory for any programmer to understand. Detailed documentation shall be available at each stage for easy comprehensions of the application system. § All documents shall be prepared as per the defined documentation standards. § The system administrator shall take regular back up of the database. 11/04/2012 NIC 94

Service 4 Information on Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisories Product Perspective Specific requirements Software System Attributes Portablity The software will be hosted / installed in the environment as decided by NIC/DAC later on. 11/04/2012 NIC 95

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services Product Perspective Specific requirements Software System Attributes Language support The system will support the entry and display of : • • Non-Latin scripts such as Hindi, Tamil , Malayalam and other Indian vernacular languages The application will store data using Unicode representation. § Nowadays there are many plug-in based applications are available in market, through which the phrase written in one language can be translated in different languages. By using these plug-ins, a portal that supports vernacular languages can be developed. § The database can developed in a base language for e. g. in English. This plug-in is then placed between the database and the application. The language of the data is first selected in the application and then data is entered through the form available in the application. This information of the language and the data reaches the plug-in first. The plug-in understands the language and then translates the data in to base (English) language and then stores the data in the database. Similarly, when the information is retrieved from the database, it reaches the plugin first, meanwhile; the plug-in also has the information of the language in which the data in base (English) language needs to be translated into, from the form available in the application. The plug-in then translates this data in the language of the user’s choice and displays the same on the form available in the application. 11/04/2012 NIC 96

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services Product Perspective Specific requirements Software System Attributes Interoperability The software will interoperate with other software applications which are being developed under National e-Governance Program, Mission Mode Project, in particular Central Agriculture Portal and State Agriculture Portal. The following are the likely points of information exchange/reconciliation: • • 11/04/2012 State Codes/Names Panchayat Codes/Names Scheme Code/Names Agro met advisory nos. / date Agro met zone Name/ nos. Authority list Registered Mobile nos. Registered emails NIC 97

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services Product Perspective Specific requirements Software System Attributes Other requirements • Team of skilled resources needs to be deputed specifically to run the system at centre and state level • Regular updation from the side of Centre and State based on the requirements • Systems used for running the portal at different stakeholder’s place needed to be capable to run the application smoothly. • 24 X 7 internet connectivity is must to run the system smoothly. • Supply of the stationary related to the system should be there based on the requirements. 11/04/2012 NIC 98

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Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services Feedback by Wayand District discussions are going on about climatic change, Global warming, etc. at National level/ global level. It will be nice if such events are also considered and futuristic advice given to farmers on possible crops/ agricultural patters which the farmer can think of planting in such changed climatic conditions. This will 11/04/2012 help NIC farmers 100

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services Feedback by Department, Report of Science congress Kusat Forecast on • • Rain Temperature Wind Cloud Season change – time and stages of agriculture Human manned – Canal Irrigation And the Global warming and the changes that affects the present predefined season Calamity prone like – Cyclone, Tsunami, Heavy Rain, Heavy heat of sun, etc. 11/04/2012 NIC 101

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services Feedback by Department, Report of Science congress Kusat Mechanism to inform The mechanism narrated in the SRS is more or less sufficient. Also putting information boards in local language in public places like library, market, School (of Seashore, Hilly area and Near River) , Post Office, Grama Panchayat, etc is beneficial to the public. 11/04/2012 NIC 102

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services Feedback by Department, Report of Science congress Kusat Reasons The changes in the climate affect the cropping plan. That also affects in fisheries as well. An example reported from Science congress held on KUSAT as the fishes like “Mathi” and “Ayala” changed there area from Arabian sea to Bengal Sea as the availability of their food reduced due to the temperature raise in Arabian Sea. Like that Wild Animals moved from forest to village (Report from Assam, Karnataka). The same is happens to birds as well (World news’s). The nature’s changes first of all affect and read by the creatures of the nature. But human’s sense lost in this area as he is looking for the modern technologies to get information. But it gives him late news or a wrong one. So a change in nature should changes his agriculture pattern as well as fishing. So the forecast on the listed item is so important. A special importance should give to Global warming and its effects. The changes in cloud and wind are worse affecting in Mango, Orange, Apple, Banana, etc and Fisheries. Information about the irrigation and water availability is necessary to Agriculture. So an equal importance is given to the said forecast also. 14/03/2012 NIC 103

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services Summary of existing system • Everything is paper based which is cumbersome to maintain • Requires lots of manual work • Scope for errors • Retrieval of data in a desired way is difficult • No common platform is available to collect individual’s feedback 11/04/2012 and opinion NIC 104

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services Summary of proposed system • • 11/04/2012 Proposed solution is to use web enabled online application. Not only user friendly but also reduces lot of manual work Reduces scope for errors Provides 24/7 based services NIC 105

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services Technology Involved in proposed system • Efficient content management using open source technology • Web based application with 3 Tier architecture. • This application can be used on any platform , it is basically designed in platform independent language. • Flexible to enhance the application. 11/04/2012 NIC 106

Service 4 Providing Information On Forecasted Weather & Agro-Met Advisory Services Application provides • Easy access to information • Maintains integrity of information • Opinion poll – better decisions • Feedback helps for improvement • Enhanced further to suit requirements 11/04/2012 NIC 107

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