Pre-harvest Crop Production Forecast Methodologies: IASRI Studies

Reliable forecasts of crop production before the harvest constitute a problem of topical interest. Such forecasts are needed by the Government, agro-based industries, traders and agriculturists alike. The Government needs these for use as a basis for its policy decisions in regard to procurement, distribution, buffer-stocking, import-export, price fixation and marketing of agricultural commodities while agro