In an apparent bid to bring in more accuracy in weather forecast, Birsa Agriculture University (BAU), Kanke (Ranchi) has signed an agreement with Kolkata-based Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) for sharing of statistical data related to climate and environmental classifications of eastern India.
The memorandum for mutual cooperation was signed in Kolkata in presence of newly appointed BAU Vice-Chancellor MP Pandey, BAU Director Research BN Singh and Anjana Dewanji, Professor-in-Charge; Biological Science Division of the ISI inked the deal on behalf of their respective institutes.
The agriculture university would be using the ISI database for the next five years to assess the impact of climatic change on agriculture in Jharkhand.
ISI, Kolkata, Director Bimal K Roy said the students and teachers of the BAU could use the institute’s expertise in the fiend of statistics during the period of agreement.
ISI has been operating a research station for studying the impact of climate on agriculture at Jharkhand’s Giridih district since 1989.
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