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Journal of Agriculture ›› 2013, Vol. 3 ›› Issue (4): 62-67.

Special Issue: 现代农业发展与乡村振兴 农业气象

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Current situation, Demands and Development strategy of Meteorological Service for Chinese Countryside

  

  • Received:2013-03-12 Revised:2013-03-20 Online:2013-04-20 Published:2013-04-20

Abstract: Meteorological conditions are the main environmental factors to affect agricultural harvest in China. The frequent meteorological disasters cause huge losses to Chinese agriculture and severely affect the sustainable development of Chinese countryside every year. Through targeted agricultural meteorological services, enhance agricultural and rural disaster prevention and mitigation capabilities and the best way to reduce the risk of agro-meteorological disasters. This paper studied the current situation and demands of meteorological service for Chinese countryside. The result showed: (1)Farmers hoped to get weather forecast promptly and hoped the forecast accuracy to be further improved. (2)Farmers hoped to get more targeted and meticulous agricultural weather information. (3)Farmers hoped the weather information to be transmitted quickly and with more methods. (4)Farmers hoped to get the knowledge about meteorology and disaster prevention & mitigation. This paper also studied the development strategy of meteorological service for Chinese countryside. The paper management mechanism to improve meteorological services in rural areas, strengthen disaster prevention and mitigation system, construction of rural meteorological disaster prevention systems engineering, enhance the technical level of meteorological services in rural areas, and expand rural development strategy of the user base.