Samoa Weather
Samoa
Developed by Samoa Meteorology Division, the Samoa Weather is a smartphone application which provides weather forecast and disaster advisories and warning information from Samoa Meteorology Division (SMD) so that the users can take early actions to reduce the impact by potential disasters. It helps local farmers in better planning their crop production and adopt to climate change. Climate extremes and climate-driven pest and disease negatively impact agricultural production and rural livelihoods and therefore informed advisories, alerts and robust early-warning generated by Samoa Weather are very helpful for farmers and rural dwellers to prepare for and adapt to changes in climate. It provides 1) Weather forecast with icons (Updated every 6am and 5pm) 2) Earthquake information severe than magnitude 6 3) Felt earthquake information in Samoa (regardless the magnitude) 4) Warnings for heavy rain, cyclone, and tsunami 5) The time of sunrise and sunset, moon phase, high and low tide of the day and 6) Climate information (e.g. Drought index for forest fire caution).
Digital Solution (DS) Category
Digital Agriculture
Digital Solution Type (sub-category)
Weather forecasting, Farm advisory services, Pest and disease management
Delivery type (format)
Mobile app
DS supplier-user category
Government to business
Government to government
Type of entity (ICT developer-supplier)
Government agency
Name of supplier/developer
Samoa Meteorology Division
Primary Users
Farmers
Digital Solution Development Stage
Commercial stage (widespread use nationally)
Number of users or subscribers
Measurable positive impact(s) by Digital Solution (DS) on target users and/or audience
Digital Solution Geographic scope
All over Samoa
Name of Digital village(s), districts, communes where DS is used/deployed
On-line resource links (Web-page links, links to videos, links to reports, etc)
DS Links to FAO, UN and other Development agencies projects, initiatives and programmes