S&WCD presents project proposal on ‘Low cost weather station’

Departmental officials of Soil & Water Conservation Department, Govt. of Nagaland presenting the project proposal on ‘Low cost weather station’ at the Centre of Excellence- State Soil & Water Conservation Training and Research, Sechü. (Photo Courtesy: S&WCD)

Kohima, August 3 (MExN): The departmental officials of Soil & Water Conservation Department (S&WSD), Government of Nagaland, presented a project proposal on ‘Low cost weather station,’ at the Centre of Excellence-State Soil & Water Conservation Training and Research, Sechü, while attending the EC meeting of the Tribal Sub Plan Scheme under Science for Equity, Empowerment & Development (SEED). It was organised by the Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology (IASST), Department of Science & Technology, Government of India on August 1 to 2.

A press release issued by Ruokuosietuo SDO, S&WSD stated that the project was proposed “for the benefit of tribal farming communities of the surrounding villages practicing both permanent pani kheti as well as traditional agro forestry kheti.”

It stated that the proposal is based on judicious, efficient and effective land use practices and adaptation of various practices in the climate change scenario. “The proposal includes installation of two LCWS each for each village, one in the upper and the other in the lower reaches to provide meteorological information online basis and in return provide immediate advisory SMS information to the farming communities,” it added.

The release also stated that the pilot project is “being muted to be replicated in other watersheds covering the entire districts of the state, especially in the Jhum khetis including abundant fallow jhum fields where the farmers are expected to practice agro forestry kheti.” 

The Project was briefed by the Joint Director & Designate OSD, S&WSD, K Khekiho Shohe, and presented in the presence of accredited commissioning scientists and experts from various fields, including some having immense knowledge on various traditional, indigenous and endemic farming practices of the North East of India, which they claimed to be the repository wisdom of this region that will be beneficial to disseminate these sciences to other fields/villages/region across the world.