dc.contributor.author | Nesheim, Ingrid | |
dc.contributor.author | Barkved, Line Johanne | |
dc.contributor.author | Bharti, Neha | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-08-02T07:58:37Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-08-02T07:58:37Z | |
dc.date.created | 2018-01-26T10:54:53Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Agriculture. 2017, 7 (8), 16: 70. | nb_NO |
dc.identifier.issn | 2077-0472 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2507229 | |
dc.description.abstract | Scientific studies of climate and meteorology focusing on India show significant increase in the variability and frequency of extreme precipitation events. The increased variability of weather patterns places a huge constraint on farmer’s ability to make strategic agricultural practice decisions. In response, public and private agro-met information services disseminate agro-met information to farmers. Yet, studies still show that there are constraints related to access and understanding of the information. An agro-met information service is based on scientific input from meteorology coupled with agricultural information and this information package is disseminated to farmers. Based on a study in three villages in Maharashtra, India, we show that the relevance of agro-met information differs depending on the decision-making situation. Several factors play an important role in farmer’s agricultural decision-making. The usefulness of the agro-met information from farmer perspectives depends on the access, salience, and credibility of the information. Some subscribers complained about the credibility and the salience of services, while others painted a more positive picture of the service, arguing that there was value in receiving such information. The subscribers mainly valued agro-met information for the ability to undertake precautionary actions. We found that agricultural decision-making was discussed in different arenas; these arenas represented possibilities for farmers to contextualize agro-met information and thereby translate information to timely and appropriate actions suited to the specific local context. | nb_NO |
dc.language.iso | eng | nb_NO |
dc.publisher | MDPI | nb_NO |
dc.rights | Navngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no | * |
dc.title | What Is the Role of Agro-Met Information Services in Farmer Decision-Making? Uptake and Decision-Making Context among Farmers within Three Case Study Villages in Maharashtra, India | nb_NO |
dc.type | Journal article | nb_NO |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | nb_NO |
dc.description.version | publishedVersion | nb_NO |
dc.rights.holder | © 2017 by the authors. | nb_NO |
dc.source.pagenumber | 16 | nb_NO |
dc.source.volume | 7 | nb_NO |
dc.source.journal | Agriculture | nb_NO |
dc.source.issue | 8 | nb_NO |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.3390/agriculture7080070 | |
dc.identifier.cristin | 1552481 | |
dc.relation.project | Norges forskningsråd: 244018 | nb_NO |
cristin.unitcode | 7464,30,22,0 | |
cristin.unitname | Vann og samfunn | |
cristin.ispublished | true | |
cristin.fulltext | original | |
cristin.qualitycode | 1 | |