Agromet service is in operation since 1988 with a National Agromet Centre, (NAMC) at Islamabad and five Regional Agromet Centres (RAMCs) at:

 

· Rawalpindi

· Quetta

· Faisalabad

· Tandojam

· Usta Muhammad

 

The functions of NAMC include management of the agrometeorological station network, data processing and its publication, weather-based crop yield and production estimates for central planning and food production strategies for agrometeorological advisory, research, etc.

The RAMCs are responsible for local agrometeorological observing programme, local and regional crop weather studies, liaison with agricultural institutions in the region to determine local requirements and research priorities, collection and initial processing of agromet information on regional basis for on-ward transmission to NAMC, Islamabad.

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