General Director of India Meteorological Department of Mrityunjaya Mahapatra and others at the National Conference on the impact of climate change on gardening in Mulug 18 September 2025.
Hyderabad
The CEO of the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) Mrityunjaya Mahapatra argued for the collective adaptation of the strategies mitigation for the upcoming climate change in human, agricultural and horticultural sectors.
The climate change will not only affect farmers and people in general, but also the meteorological department and proceed forward with suitable strategies, said, and dealt with a national conference on the impact of climate change, jointly organized SRI Konda Laxman Telangana Horticultural University, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture Minimum, minimum university, and rajed. Mulugu.
Mr. Mahapatra said that the current weather forecasts are only 40-50%accurate, and this will increase on more prognosis models. He said that changes in cultivation, suitable policy and crop selection are needed in accordance with the fact that complete climate changes are currently visible.
He urged crops to be grown using global actions and local production methods. Research should be intensified towards crops that can withstand climate change and provide high quality and good yields.
Dandy Rajiredy, Vice -Chairman of the Chancellor, said in Telangana Horticultural University, she said they were ready to provide farmers all possible technical and research solutions to reduce the impact of climate change on the horticulture sector.
Agricultural Secretary M. Raghunandan Rao, Director of the Ministry of Horticulture Shaik Yasmin Basha, Chief CEO of NABARD K. Udaya Bhaskar and Borlaug Institute of South Asia Regional Program Pramod Kumar Agarwal.
A textbook was released about “introductory agricultural meteorology” and a book of abstracts prepared by experts.
Published – September 18 2025 9:13
