Standing Committee on Services for Agriculture (SC-AGR)
Standing Committee on Services for Agriculture
At its first meeting in 2020, SERCOM decided to establish the Standing Committee on Services for Agriculture (SC-AGR) for the first intersessional period, with the terms of reference provided here. The SC-AGR is composed of several technical experts, including the Chair (Prof. Roger Christopher Stone) and Vice-chair (Dr. Elena Mateescu), selected from the WMO Expert Network by the President of the Commission. Other technical experts may be invited, on a needs basis, to serve as Observers on the Standing Committee, as determined by the chair/vice-chair of the Standing Committee in consultation with the president of the Services Commission.
SC-AGR meetings
- 1st Meeting of the Standing Committee on Services for Agriculture, 28 January 2021, Virtual meeting
Expert Teams
Expert Team on Agromet Risk Management (ET-ARM)
Lead: Flavio Justino (Brazil) and Co-Lead: Cathleen Fruhauf (Germany)/p>
Expert Team on Agromet Services (ET-AAS)
Lead: James Ijampy (Nigeria) and Co-Lead: Hatem Baccour (Tunisia)
Expert Team on Agromet Sciences (ET-ASC)
Lead: Ward Smith (Canada) and Co-Lead: John Qu (USA)
Expert Team on Drought (ET-DRG)
Lead: Andreja Susnik (Slovenia) and Co-Lead: Christa Pudmensky (Australia)
Expert Team on Agromet Capacity Development and Communication (ET-ACDC)
Lead: Valentina Grigoryan (Armenia) and Co-Lead: Grahma Baker (Australia)