Partnership in climate services for resilient agriculture in India

USAID/India will invest Global Climate Change (GCC)-Adaptation funds to support Skymet Weather Services Private Limited, India's largest private sector weather advisory service provider to promote resilience strategies among farmers and vulnerable communities in India.

Skymet, through their low cost automated weather station and associated technology platforms will help to collect, analyze, and disseminate accurate, high resolution weather data for use in developing low cost crop insurance products and helping farmers make sound planting and harvesting choices.

Activities will increase the economic resilience of vulnerable rural communities, improve agricultural productivity, and promote climate-smart agriculture systems. These program interventions will address the U.S. Government's GCC priorities of helping countries achieve climate resilient, low emission development.