Up to half of the farmers who received AI-generated local monsoon onset forecasts in 13 States adjusted their planting decisions during kharif 2025. This was revealed by the Union Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister, Shivraj Sigh Chouhan, in the Rajya Sabha on Friday.
Replying to a query, he said an AI-based pilot was conducted on agriculturally relevant local monsoon onset forecasts across parts of 13 States in India for kharif 2025. The probabilistic forecasts predicted only the local onset of the monsoon, which is essential for deciding on the date of sowing crops.
Local monsoon onset forecasts advisory were sent via SMS through the M-Kisan portal to 3,88,45,214 farmers in 13 states in Hindi, Odia, Marathi, Bangla, and Punjabi languages.
