Extreme weather and contingency strategies for sustainable farming systems under western plain zone

Abstract

An extreme weather always causes damage to the agriculture, livestock, poultries, fisheries and other components of the farming systems. Providing forecast about occurrence of theses extreme weather events with higher accuracy for block or district level at least 3-5 days ahead may certainly reduce the damage to the agriculture through adopting the suitable measures. Dissemination of the suitable contingency strategies for specific farm enterprises among the farmers is the great need in the current circumstances where extreme events frequency are increasing due to climate change. Human causality may also be reduced if the forecast is disseminated with effective means.