AUTOMATED WEATHER STATIONS

Automated Weather Stations

The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) has, through FSRP, procured 20 Automatic Weather Stations (AWS) for installation at strategic locations across the country to generate agric-focused, location-specific and crop-targeted climate/weather forecasts and advisories for farmers. 

1. Kadjebi  

2. Dambai  

3. Adidome 

4. Suhum 

5. Half Asini 

6. Donkorkrom 

7. Adukrom 

8. Winneba 

9. Ashanti Bekwai 

10. Peki  

11. Kpasa  

12. Bongo 

13. Drobo 

14. Nkoranza 

15. Bui 

16. Issa 

17. Okere Adukrom 

18. Kwame Danso 

19. Asankragua 

20. Akumadan

The AWSs are helping the Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMet) to collect data from farming communities across the country. This data, including Rainfall, Temperature, Humidity, Evapotranspiration, Wind Direction, Wind Speed, Soil Moisture, Soil Temperature and Pressure are instantaneously analysed daily and turned into forecasts which will be disseminated to farmers nationwide in 5 Ghanaian languages (Akan, Hausa, Ga, Ewe, Dagbani) to influence their daily activities during the farming season. 

A centralized Network Operations Centre is being established to ensure robust, secure connectivity between MoFA's central data platforms, all regional and district Agriculture offices, AWS sites, and extension agents.

For news and social media posts on this intervention, visit:

1. "DEEP DIVE" VALIDATION OF 'CUSTOMISED' DISTRICT-SPECIFIC PRODUCTION CALENDARS AND ADVISORIES UNDERWAY

: https://fsrp.org.gh/blog/%22DEEP-DIVE%22-VALIDATION-OF-%27CUSTOMISED%27-DISTRICT-SPECIFIC-PRODUCTION-CALENDARS-AND-ADVISORIES-UNDERWAY

[PIC: AWS station]