?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F11074%2F&rft.title=Delivering+climate+risk+information+to+farmers+at+scale%3A+the+Intelligent+agricultural+Systems+Advisory+Tool+(ISAT)&rft.creator=Rao%2C+K+P+C&rft.creator=Kadiyala%2C+M+D+M&rft.creator=Dhulipala%2C+R&rft.creator=Bhagyashree%2C+S+D&rft.creator=Gupta%2C+M+D&rft.creator=Sreepada%2C+S&rft.creator=Whitbread%2C+A+M&rft.subject=Andhra+Pradesh&rft.subject=Climate+Risk&rft.subject=Climate+Smart+Agriculture+(CSA)&rft.subject=Smallholder+Farmers&rft.subject=Farming+Systems&rft.subject=Indian+Agriculture&rft.subject=Information+and+Communications+Technology&rft.description=One+of+the+strategies+for+helping+smallholder+farmers+cope+with+climate+variability+and+change+is+the+provision+of+climate+services+that+better+decision+making+around+the+planning+and+management+of+agricultural+systems.+However%2C+providing+such+services+with+location+specific+timely+and+actionable+information+to+millions+of+farmers+operating+across+diverse+conditions+requires+innovative+solutions.+ICRISAT+and+its+partners+have+developed+and+piloted+one+such+system+called+%E2%80%9CIntelligent+agricultural+Systems+Advisory+Tool+%E2%80%93+ISAT%E2%80%9D+capable+of+generating+and+disseminating+data+driven+location+specific+advisories+that+assist+farmers+in+anticipating+and+responding+to+the+emerging+conditions+through+the+season.+Using+a+decision+tree+approach%2C+a+structured+and+systematic+approach+to+decision+making+was+devised+that+considers+the+insights+obtained+from+the+analysis+of+historical+climatic+conditions%2C+climate+and+weather+forecasts+and+prevailing+environmental+conditions.+Microsoft+India+developed+a+platform+to+access+real+time+data+from+various+%E2%80%98public%E2%80%99+sources%2C+perform+the+data+analytics%2C+implement+the+decision+tree+and+generate+and+disseminate+messages+to+farmers+and+associated+actors.+The+ISAT+generated+advisories+are+designed+to+support+both+pre-season+planning+and+in-season+management.%0D%0A+During+the+2017+monsoon%2C+ISAT+was+piloted+with+417+farmers+across+four+different+locations.+The+messaging+system+worked+extremely+well+in+picking+appropriate+location+specific+message+from+the+database+and+delivering+the+same+to+the+mobiles+of+the+registered+farmers.+Mid+and+end+season+surveys+revealed+that+more+than+80%25+of+the+farmers+from+all+villages+were+satisfied+with+the+frequency%2C+relevance+and+understandability+of+the+messages+delivered.+About+58%25+of+the+farmers+rated+the+messages+are+reliable+by+being+correct+more+than+75%25+of+the+times+and+helped+them+in+managing+their+farms+better+by+conducting+farm+operations+timely+with+reduced+risk.+Compared+to+farmers+in+the+control+villages%2C+groundnut+yields+of+farmers+in+5+treatment+villages+are+higher+by+~+16%25+but+this+results+varied+between+-7.7+to+56.2%25.+This+study+has+demonstrated+the+opportunities+available+to+harness+the+untapped+power+of+digital+technologies+to+provide+actionable+advisories+timely+to+smallholder+farmers+using+appropriate+data+analytics+and+information+dissemination+systems.&rft.publisher=CCAFS&rft.date=2019&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F11074%2F1%2FWP_ISAT_ICRISAT_Feb2019.pdf&rft.identifier=++Rao%2C+K+P+C+and+Kadiyala%2C+M+D+M+and+Dhulipala%2C+R+and+Bhagyashree%2C+S+D+and+Gupta%2C+M+D+and+Sreepada%2C+S+and+Whitbread%2C+A+M++(2019)+Delivering+climate+risk+information+to+farmers+at+scale%3A+the+Intelligent+agricultural+Systems+Advisory+Tool+(ISAT).++Working+Paper.+CCAFS%2C+Wageningen%2C+Netherlands.+++++&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Fhdl.handle.net%2F10568%2F99460