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Significance for food production |
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Agricultural activities are very sensitive to climate and weather conditions.
An agricultural decision-maker can either be at the mercy of these natural
factors or try to benefit from them. The only way to profit from natural
factors is to take them into account and learn to know them as well as
possible. Agrometeorological information, in practice mainly climatological
data, is essential in planning agricultural production.
Before giving recommendations about land use it is necessary to know the environmental conditions. In order to select plant species or varieties, a prior agroclimatologic characterization is required. To assess the suitability of an environment to animal production knowledge of the effects of radiation, wind, precipitation, temperature and relative humidity is essential. For pest management and plant diseases the minimum weather data set required should consist of temperature and humidity or derived parameters such as accumulated heat or degree-days. Agrometeorological information can increase agricultural yield. The quality and quantity of agricultural production can be increased and production costs decreased, for example with more optimized use of fertilizers and pesticides. If climatological data is available, the probability of unfavourable meteorological phenomena can be calculated and the related risks estimated.
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