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Agricultural Meteorology Programme (AgMP) Doc 4.2

Agricultural Meteorology Programme (AgMP) Doc 4.2. Report of President of CAgM. Paras 4.2.1 to 4.2.5. All CAgM Expert Teams (6) and ICTs (3) met in last intersessional period (2007-2010)

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Agricultural Meteorology Programme (AgMP) Doc 4.2

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  1. Agricultural Meteorology Programme (AgMP)Doc 4.2

  2. Report of President of CAgM Paras 4.2.1 to 4.2.5 • All CAgM Expert Teams (6) and ICTs (3) met in last intersessional period (2007-2010) • 15th Session of the Commission for Agricultural Meteorology (Belo Horizonte, Brazil – 15-21 July 2010) (WMO-No. 1062) • International Workshop on Addressing the Livelihood Crisis of Farmers: Weather and Climate Services(preceded CAgM-XV) • Approved CAgM Strategic Plan – develop enhanced weather and climate services for agricultural, livestock, forestry, fisheries communities • Resolution 4.2/1 – Agricultural Meteorology Programme

  3. COMMISSION FOR AGRICULTURAL METEOROLOGYPresident: Byong Lee Vice-President: Federica Rossi Management Group (MG) New President and Vice President Para 4.2.2 OPEN PROGRAMME AREA GROUPS (OPAGs) OPAG 1 Agrometeorological Services for Agricultural Production Chair: S. Walker (RA I) Co-chair: L.S. Rathore (RA II) OPAG 2 Support Systems for Agrometeorological Services Chair: O. Brunini (RA III) Co-chair: H. Shannon (RA IV) OPAG 3 Climate Change/ Variability and Natural Disasters In Agriculture Chair: R. Stone (RA IV) Co-chair: S. Orlandini (RA VI)

  4. Economic impact of Agromet Services: Example from India

  5. Publications Paras 4.2.6 to 4.2.7 • Guide on Agricultural Meteorological Practices (WMO No 134) – Completed - CDs being finalized (May/June 2011) • Publications: Special Journal Articles (2), Brochures (3), Books (3), Proceedings (2), CD-ROMs(8)

  6. Drought Activities Paras 4.2.8 to 4.2.10 • Inter-Regional Workshop on Indices and Early Warning Systems for Drought – recommended the use of Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) to characterize meteorological drought. Res. 4.2. • Contributed to drought risk chapter for the 2011 UN Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR11) • Organized the WMO-ISDR Expert Meeting on Agricultural Drought Indices and published the proceedings – distributed at GPDRR • Organized the Consultation Meeting to develop an Integrated Drought Management Programme – similar to APFM • High-Level Meeting on National Drought Policies (HMNDP)

  7. NASNET, Climate Change & Agriculture Paras 4.2.11 to 4.2.14 • National Agrometeorological Station Network (NASNET) – include agromet station networks of agricultural research units under the NMHSs networks under one common umbrella in coordination with WIGOS & WIS (Resolution 6 of EC-LX) • Regional workshops organized in South Asia and West Africa led to adoption of regional climate change adaptation frameworks and proposals for establishing regional networks on climate change adaptation for agriculture • CAgM activities will provide a major contribution to the development of the User Interface Platform (UIP) of GFCS(Agriculture is one of the four GFCS priority areas)

  8. Interactions with other WMO Programmes Paras 4.2.15 to 4.2.17 • Sand and Dust Storm Warning and Advisory System (SDS-WAS) of GAW/WWRP and CAS. Potential agricultural applications. • World Bank/WMO Project in the Lake Victoria region of East Africa: project targeting farmers and fishermen • Severe Weather Forecasting Demonstration Project (SWFDP) • Joint CCl-CHy-CAgM Working Group on Climate, Food, and Water

  9. Training and Capacity Building Paras 4.2.20 to 4.2.22 • Guidelines for Curricula in Agricultural Meteorology (WMO-No. 258) published. Members urged to widely disseminate curricula to national institutions and to encourage their implementation • Roving Seminars on Weather, Climate, and Farmers in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, India, Sri Lanka and Peru • METAGRI – Roving Seminars on Weather, Climate, and Farmers in West Africa (over 100 seminars in 11 countries) - Funded by AEMET • Rockefeller Foundation Training of Trainers on Weather & Climate Information/Products for Agricultural Extension Services in Ethiopia • Caribbean Agrometeorological Initiative (CAMI) – EU ACP

  10. 2009 Seminar – Farmers ask Questions to NMHS Staff 10

  11. 2009 Seminar – Demonstration of Raingauge 11

  12. Other Issues • Regional Activities – para 4.2.18 • World Agrometeorological Information Service (www.wamis.org) Para 4.2.19 • Continue collaborative partnerships with international and regional organizations (UNCCD, FAO, WFP, CBD, EU COST ACTIONS, ACMAD, ICPAC, AGRHYMET) – para 4.2.23

  13. Key Decisions in Doc 4.2 • Draft Resolution 4.2/1 – Agricultural Meteorology Programme (para 4.2.5 and Annex) • Draft Resolution 4.2/2 – Use of the Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) for characterizing meteorological droughts by all NMHSs (para 4.2.8) • High-Level Meeting on National Drought Policy (HMNDP) (para 4.2.9)

  14. Thank Youwww.wmo.int/agm

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