Beyond monsoon forecasts: How AI can transform climate risk management for farmers
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- ✓Extreme weather damaged 17.41 million hectares of cropped area in India during 2025.
- ✓This figure is 4.3 times higher than the area affected in 2024.
- ✓Experts said, "Exposure should be systemic." Farmers need simple, 24x7 access to data to manage climate risks effectively instead of relying on slow, complex reports.
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- India Economy
Globally, naturally triggered disasters cost agriculture an estimated $99 billion every year, according to FAO's 2025 report covering 1991 to 2023. In India, extreme weather damaged at least 17.41 million hectares of cropped area in 2025. That is roughly 4.3 times the area affected in 2024, and nearly nine times that of 2022. The escalation is stark.
For the farmer, floods, cyclones, hailstorms, heatwaves are not headlines. They are a flattened field, a waterlogged godown, a lost season and repayment obligations that survive the damage.
Natural hazard is real for today's farmer. It is not a forecast. It is the operating condition.
The science of natural hazards does not require a spaceship. Flood plains, drainage, elevation, rainfall intensity, river proximity, soil saturation and historical inundation have been studied for decades. Satellite data is affordable. Technology is accessible.
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