


Farmer decision making for their fields has been boosted by the introduction of daily weather forecasts and technical advice to mobile telephones in selected rural areas in Mali. The systems being tried out by ICRISAT and NGO partners have still to develop to overcome the illiteracy barrier for many potential users but early results from testing, including training on reading SMS messages, are showing that action based on received forecasts can go as high as 95% in some districts around Mopti.