According to the weather forecast for the coming January 2024, the Bega season dry, sunny and wind weather condition couple with cold night and morning is likely to be continued up to the mid of the coming month over the highland areas of the country. The probable dry weather condition up to the mid of the month is likely to favour for completing the on-going harvest and post-harvest activities and enable farmers to clear crop fields for the next season agricultural practices. On the other hand, dry, windy and cloud free condition might encourage cool and chilly weather at night and morning time particularly during the early dekads of the month over some high land areas of the country. This condition is likely to be detrimental negative effect on the overall performance of vegetables, fruits and perennial plants. Therefore, farmers are advised to be ready to take the necessary measures so as to maintain the plant environment as warm as possible. However, after the mid of the month sometimes some parts of north-eastern, eastern, central and south-western parts of the country are likely to start getting little amount of rainfall due to the approach of certain rain bearing Belg season weather systems. The situation may be favourable for Bega season crops and perennial plants as well as to ensure the availability of pasture and drinking water for the pastoral and agro pastoral community. In addition, the predicted rain after the mid of the month is supposed to play a significant role toward the improvement of soil moisture and hence for land preparation for the Belg season.
Agromet Bulletin December 2023
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