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Title: Agricultural Meteorology Programme The Report of the President of CAgM ECLVIDoc' 6'2


1
Agricultural Meteorology ProgrammeThe Report of
the President of CAgM EC-LVI/Doc. 6.2
2
New Structure for CAgM
  • At CAgM-XIII, the Commission adopted a new
    structure of the Open Programme Area Groups
    (OPAGs)
  • Three OPAGs
  • 1. Services
  • 2. Support Systems
  • 3. Impacts
  • Management Group replaces AWG, with Policy and
    Capacity Building Coordinators.

3
Progress Since Adopting New OPAG Structure
Through 3 Meetings
  • All ETs in place
  • Meeting of CAgM Management Group
  • Meetings of 2 ETs and 1 ICT
  • Strengthened Regional Activities
  • Organized 3 training activities
  • Developed two new projects
  • Brought out Six Publications

4
Expert Team Meeting on Strengthening Information
and Dissemination Networks
  • Held in Seoul, Republic of Korea in Sept 2003
  • Eleven participants from nine countries attended.
  • Recommended the implementation of nine pilot
    projects to demonstrate the information and
    dissemination networks.
  • 15 recommendations were made.
  • Proceedings to be published as special issue of
    the Korean Society of Agricultural and Forest
    Meteorology Journal.

5
Pilot Projects Developed at Expert Team
Meeting
  • Dictionary of languages for multi-lingual
    translation in WAMIS.
  • WAMIS to host Web-based national
    agrometeorological products.
  • Toolkits for agrometeorological data analysis in
    WAMIS.
  • Strengthen regional collaboration for crop
    monitoring and early warning by remote computer
    resources.
  • Evaluate components of AussieGrass project in
    WAMIS as a training module.
  • Feasibility of mobile phone technology for early
    warning system.

6
Expert Team Meeting on Reduction of the Impact
of Natural Disasters and Mitigation of Extreme
Events in Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries
  • Held in Beijing, China in Feb 2004
  • Fifty-four participants (45 from China) from
    eight countries attended.
  • Proceedings to be published as a book by Springer
    Verlag.

7
Expert Team Recommendations
  • Develop a comprehensive data management system
    for natural disaster impacts on agriculture.
  • Mitigation and preparedness strategies to include
    agricultural risk zoning.
  • GIS/remote sensing tools for monitoring and
    prediction.
  • Urgent need for more risk-based management
    approach.
  • Concept of the Drought Monitor should be
    promoted, with training workshops to facilitate
    their use.
  • Promote international and regional programs to
    enhance collaboration on preparedness issues.
  • Develop integrated coastal management approach to
    natural disaster reduction on agriculture.
  • Revise WMO Technical Note on Drought and
    Agriculture.

8
Inter-Regional Workshop on Strengthening
Operational Agrometeorological Services
  • Held in Manila, Philippines in March 2004
  • Co-sponsored by WMO, FAO, and PAGASA
  • Twenty-seven participants from eleven countries
    attended.
  • Several recommendations crucial to strengthening
    operational Agrometeorological Services were
    identified
  • Recommendations provided a starting point for the
    ICT Meeting

9
Recommendations from the


Inter-Regional Workshop


  • Greater interaction between agrometeorologists,
    agricultural extension services and others to aid
    farmers.
  • Comprehensive capacity building strategy at
    national and regional levels, sharing
    methodologies and experiences.
  • Promote the application of climate information
    for sustainable development by increasing the
    awareness and understanding of policy makers.
  • Coordinate and integrate national agricultural
    weather policy to ensure agricultural services
    and food security.
  • Establish international standards for crop data
    reporting and phenological observation networks.
  • Need to involve communication experts in
    information delivery to farmers.

10
Meeting of CAgM Implementation/Coordination Team
(ICT) on Agrometeorological Services
  • Held in Manila, Philippines March 2004
  • Eleven participants from eight countries
    attended.
  • Based on the recommendations from the previous
    workshop, 7 regional projects proposals were
    initiated

11
Regional Project Proposals
  • RA-I Promote seasonal rainfall outlooks to
    increase food security via the production of the
    grain staple food.
  • RA-II Application of climate information and
    predictions to agricultural service and food
    security in the South and Southeast Asia.
  • RA-II (2) Pilot Project for establishing a
    Center for Agrometeorological Curriculum
    Development and Training at the Level of
    Intermediaries.
  • RA-III Application of agrometeorology to benefit
    the improvement of the production of vineyards.

12
Regional Project Proposals
  • RA-IV Demonstrate benefits of Integrated Crop
    Management (ICM) techniques for agriculture.
  • RA-V Weather and climate information for
    sustainable agriculture in small islands in the
    Caribbean and Southwest Pacific.
  • RA-VI Strengthening operational applications for
    agriculture by integrating crop models, remote
    sensing and GIS technologies for decision makers.

13
Technical Meeting on CLIPS and Agrometeorological
Applications
  • Held in Guayaquil, Ecuador in Dec 2003.
  • Co-sponsored by WMO AGM and CLIPS
  • Twenty-four participants from ten countries
    attended.
  • Current advances in seasonal forecasting and
    future challenges, and applications of climate
    information for agriculture in the Andean region
    were discussed.
  • A regional project for implementation in the
    Andean Countries was identified.

14
Regional Working Group Meetings
  • RA-II Working Group Meeting on Agricultural
    Meteorology (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Dec 2003)
  • Nine participants from six countries attended.
  • RA-VI Working Group Meeting on Agricultural
    Meteorology (Braunschweig, Germany Dec 2003)
  • Ten participants from ten countries attended.

15
Training Events
  • RA-II Training Workshop on Satellite, Remote
    Sensing, and GIS Applications in Agricultural
    Meteorology (Dehradun, India July 2003).
  • RA-I Training Seminar on Information Technology
    related to Internet for Agricultural Meteorology
    (Nairobi, Kenya Dec 2003).
  • Roving Seminar on the Application of Climatic
    Data for Desertification Control, Drought
    Preparedness and Management of Sustainable
    Agriculture (St. Johns, Antigua and Barbuda
    April 2004)

16
Other Co-sponsored Meetings
  • International Conference on Sustainable
    Agriculture and Environment in the Arab Region
    (Amman, Jordan Oct 2003)

17
Revision of the Guide to Agrometeorological
Practices
  • Outline of new draft prepared
  • Authors identified for each section
  • Drafts currently being prepared for the first
    three chapters
  • Authors being contacted for additional chapter
    assignments.

18
World AgroMeteorological Information Service
(WAMIS)
  • Conceived and developed from Inter-Regional
    Workshop (Barbados, 2001) and Expert Team Meeting
    (USA, 2002)
  • Initially Funded by NOAA

19
Benefits of WAMIS to Members
  • WAMIS helps members to disseminate and improve
    their agro meteorological products.
  • As a dedicated web server, it allows countries to
    place their agrometeorological bulletins and
    advisories on a near real-time basis.
  • Hosts training modules to help members improve
    the quality and presentation of their
    agrometeorological bulletins.
  • Provides a central location for
    agrometeorological information so that members
    can quickly and easily evaluate the various
    bulletins.

20
www.wamis.org
21
Under Construction
22
Under Construction
23
WAMIS Accomplishments
  • Operational as of Nov 2003
  • Over 95 countries have responded to SG letter
    requesting Focal Points
  • Bulletins and/or web links for 12 countries
  • Mirror servers (Italy South Korea) operational
    as of Jan 2004
  • Over 1400 total web visits as of May 2004

24
Potential WAMIS Training Modules
  • Data management tools
  • Mapping tools
  • Climate Drought Indices
  • Remote Sensing
  • Yield Forecasting
  • Bulletin Design Layout
  • Internet/web technology

25
Publications (2003-2004)
  • Technical Notes 1
  • CAgM Reports 4
  • Proceedings 1

26
New Projects Under Preparation
  • Regional Project on Agrometeorological
    Applications in the Andean Countries
  • Caribbean Agrometeorological Initiative (CAMI)
  • ICT Project Proposals (7)

27
Future Plans
  • Enhance the capability of members to provide more
    efficient agrometeorological products and
    services for sustainable development.
  • Promote the active adoption of mitigation and
    adaptation strategies to impacts of climate
    change/variability and natural disasters in
    agriculture.
  • Promote synergies through the implementation of
    cross-cutting activities with CLIPS, other
    Commissions, and other international agencies.

28
Future Plans (Cont)
  • Organize Meetings of three ETs and one ICT
    during 2004-2005

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