This book is a practical guide to building and using weather intelligence for resilient, profitable food systems. It begins with meteorological fundamentals tailored to agriculture and allied sectors, explaining how temperature, humidity, radiation, wind, and rainfall drive crop growth, disease risk, and livestock comfort. It then shows how to acquire high-quality data—from automatic weather stations, satellites, and farm-scale sensors—and manage it in robust databases for analysis at field to regional scales. Readers learn what classical statistical methods can (and cannot) do in non-stationary, extreme-prone climates, and how AI/ML approaches add value with interpretable, operational models. A dedicated section on IoT and real-time monitoring demonstrates continuous situational awareness for precision agriculture.

The book translates weather signals into concrete decisions for crops and livestock: sowing windows, irrigation and fertigation timing, disease/pest advisories, and heat-stress mitigation. Remote sensing and GIS workflows deliver risk maps and yield outlooks, while decision support and response management frameworks turn forecasts into on-farm actions using risk matrices and cost-loss analysis. Regional applications and sectoral variations illustrate early-warning systems across diverse value chains. The final chapter looks ahead to innovation and policy—open standards, ethical AI, and sustainability incentives—offering templates that are India-aware yet globally adaptable.

BV Ramana Rao taught Agricultural Meteorology in the University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore during the years 1966 to 1979 and later joined the Indian Council of Agricultural Research and superannuated from service during April, 2000. He served as Head, Division of Climatology, Wind Power and Solar Energy Utilization at ICAR-Central Arid Zone Research Institute, Jodhpur (Rajasthan); founder Project Coordinator, All India Coordinated Research Project on Agrometeorology at ICAR Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture, Hyderabad (Telangana) during December 1984 to March 1994. His major contributions in the field of Agrometeorology include Agroclimatic Characterization, Delineation of Efficient Cropping Zones, Crop Weather Modeling, Classification and Management of Agricultural Droughts, Operational Agrometeorology, etc. He published about 150 research papers in peer reviewed journals with 50 of his papers appearing in high impact International Journals. He authored 5 books and monographs and a number of scientific and technical bulletins. He served as Editor in Chief, Journal of Agrometeorology during the years 2009 to 2023. 

He is the recipient of British Council Fellowship during the year 1986 -87 for advanced training at University of Reading, United Kingdom. He was conferred as Honorary Fellow, Association of Agrometeorologists during the year 2011 for his valuable contribution to the growth and development of Agricultural Meteorology in India. 

Surender Singh has about thirty five years of experience with PhD in the field of Agrometeorology. Worked in Agrometeorology encompassing teaching, research, extension and administration at various capacities viz., Principal Scientist, Professor & Head, Senior Scientist, Assistant Scientist, Advisor (Recruitments) and Associate Director (Students’ Counseling and Placement) at CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, India. Recipient of Two Gold Medals for Best Research Work during PhD Program and for Best PhD Dissertation (2001-02) awarded by then President of India Dr APJ Abdul Kalam. Offered UK Universities Vice Chancellors’ Scholarship for Higher Studies twice (1991 & 1993) under Commonwealth Fellowship Program. Post Doctoral Fellow at Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy; IAC – Instituto Agronômico, Campinas, Brazil and BOKU (Met) - Institute of Meteorology and Climatology, Vienna, Austria.

He is life member of Association of Agrometeorologists, Indian Meteorological Society, Indian Society of Remote Sensing, International Society for Agrometeorology, Society for Sustainable Agric& Resource Management, Environment Science Published for Everybody Round the Earth (ESPERE), European Drought Centre, South Asian Forum on Agriculture Meteorology (SAFOAM) and The Geographical Society of India. Organized quite a few trainings/symposia in Agrometeorology and associated domains at National level. Published more than 250 research papers, popular articles, manuals/teaching aids and research bulletins/book chapters etc. Performed responsibilities as Managing Editor - Journal of Agrometeorology, Research Collaborator, Monsoon Asia Agro-Environmental Research Consortium (MARCO), Japan, Member, Expert Team - CAgM-WMO, Geneva, Switzerland (2018-20). Core Committee Member on Agriculture – Drought at WMO, Geneva, Switzerland (2021-24 & 2024-27). External Expert for evaluation of research projects submitted at COST-Association, European Union, Brussels, Belgium. Many students (UG, PG and PhD) were trained under him and placed across the country and well settled in various positions in the field of Agrometeorology. He is widely travelled researcher/expert across the globe on many academic pursuits. He has been conferred upon Fellow of Association of Agrometeorologists (FAAM) for the year 2024 in recognition of his exemplary achievements and enduring impact on agrometeorological science. 

V Uma Maheswara Rao has forty years of experience with PhD in the broader field of Agrometeorology. Worked in Agrometeorology encompassing teaching, research, extension and administration at various capacities viz., Project Coordinator, Principal Scientist, Professor & Head, Agrometeorologist, and Assistant Scientist at CCS Haryana Agricultural University and Indian Council of Agriculture Research in India. 

He is life member of Indian Meteorological Society, The Arid Zone Research Association of India, Indian Society of Remote Sensing, Association of Agrometeorologists, International Society for Agrometeorology, and The Indian Society of Dryland Agriculture. Organized several trainings/workshops in Agrometeorology at the International and National level. Published 344 Research papers, popular articles, manuals/teaching aids and research bulletins/book chapters. Member of the CCI-ET-IIC, WMO, Geneva (2014-2017). Member of XI Plan High Powered Review Committee of Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India (2012). The prestigious Chaudhary Devi Lal Award, ICAR’s Best AICRP on Agrometeorology was received under his dynamic leadership as Project Coordinator in 2014. Many students (UG, PG and PhD) were trained under him spread across the country and settled in various positions in the field of Agrometeorology. He visited numerous countries in official capacity. 

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Chapter 1.Weather Intelligence in Food Production
Chapter 2.Meteorological Fundamentals for Agriculture and Allied Sectors
Chapter 3.Data Acquisition and Database Management for Agricultural Weather Intelligence
Chapter 4.Statistical Methods and Their Limitations in Agricultural Forecasting
Chapter 5.Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Agricultural Weather Intelligence   
Chapter 6.IoT and Real-Time Monitoring in Agricultural and Allied Systems
Chapter 7.Crop and Livestock Weather Intelligence for Precision Agriculture
Chapter 8.The Role of Remote Sensing and GIS in Weather Intelligence and Agriculture
Chapter 9.Decision Support and Response Management in Food Production
Chapter 10.Incorporating Response Management for Enhanced Weather Intelligence
Chapter 11.Early Warning Systems: Regional Applications, Sectoral Variations and the Future of Response Management
Chapter 12.Future Outlook: Innovations, Policy, and Sustainable Food Production