Agricultural meteorology is an applied science and multidisciplinary in nature. It has a well defined approach in theory and applications. Agricultural Meteorology integrates knowledge from a variety of scientific disciplines in order to determine how cropping systems are affected by weather and climate, and how cropping systems themselves affect weather and climate. An agro meteorologist defines all interactions and correlates physical environments to biological responses and applies the acquired and relevant meteorological skills to help farmers for exploiting weather conditions to improve agricultural production both in quality and quantity. The level of education and skills of students is insufficient to cope with new or aggravating problems, and there is a clear need for trained intermediaries who are equipped with services to assist the farming community in effectively dealing with these problems. Effective education in Agricultural Meteorology at the undergraduate level as well as postgraduate level can ensure a continuous stream of well-informed intermediaries to serve the farming community. An expanded curriculum in Agricultural Meteorology is needed to prepare post graduate students to deal effectively with solving current and future agricultural and environmental problems.
Agricultural meteorology is an applied science and multidisciplinary in nature. It has a well defined approach in theory and applications. Agricultural Meteorology integrates knowledge from a variety of scientific disciplines in order to determine how cropping systems are affected by weather and climate, and how cropping systems themselves affect weather and climate. An agro meteorologist defines all interactions and correlates physical environments to biological responses and applies the acquired and relevant meteorological skills to help farmers for exploiting weather conditions to improve agricultural production both in quality and quantity. The level of education and skills of students is insufficient to cope with new or aggravating problems, and there is a clear need for trained intermediaries who are equipped with services to assist the farming community in effectively dealing with these problems. Effective education in Agricultural Meteorology at the undergraduate level as well as postgraduate level can ensure a continuous stream of well-informed intermediaries to serve the farming community. An expanded curriculum in Agricultural Meteorology is needed to prepare post graduate students to deal effectively with solving current and future agricultural and environmental problems.