Meghdoot, a joint initiative of India Meteorological Department (IMD), Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) and Indian Council OF Agricultural Research (ICAR) aims to deliver critical information to farmers through a simple and easy to use mobile application. The mobile
application was developed by the Digital Agriculture research theme at International Crops
Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Hyderabad in collaboration with IITM,
Pune and IMD, Delhi. The app seamlessly aggregates contextualized district and crop wise
advisories issued by Agro Met Field Units (AMFU) every Tuesday and Friday with the forecast
and historic weather information to the fingertips of the farmers. The advisories are also issued
in vernacular wherever available.