Focus Area 1- Weather and Climate Services for Agriculture

ET 1.1 ¦ ET 1.2 ¦ ET 1.3

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Focus Area 1 will emphasize the improvement and development of agrometeorological products, services and communication to users including early warning systems. It will develop the following deliverables based on a review of existing material as a contribution to the implementation of the GFCS Climate Services Information System and the User Interface Platform.

ET 1.1 - Expert Team on Agrometeorological Tools and Applications

Deliverables for Expert Team 1.1

(a) Develop or modify agrometeorological tools and applications for the Climate Service Toolkit (CST);

(b) Guidance material on applications on remote sensing and GIS Applications in Agrometeorology;

(c) Guidance material on how to best develop agrometeorological decision support systems;

(d) Guidance material on applications of Weather Forecasts for Agriculture such as Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP);

(e) Report on any expertise provided on Agrometeorological Tools and Applications to WMO Members and projects in various countries.

Membership for Expert Team 1.1

Leader	James Adamu IJAMPY	RA I	Nigeria
	Isack YONAH	RA I	Tanzania
	Balasubramanian  RAMAMURTHY	RA II	India
	Edgar MAYEREGGER	RA III	Paraguay
	Arlene AARON-MORRISON	RA IV	Trinidad and Tobago
	Nor ABDULLAH	RA V	Malaysia
	Francesca VENTURA	RA VI	Italy

Activities for Expert Team 1.1

• • To be determined

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ET 1.2 - Expert Team on Feedback Mechanisms and Outreach of Agromet Information

Deliverables for Expert Team 1.2

(a) Guidance material on user needs and requirements for weather and climate applications in agriculture;

(b) Guidance material on weather and climate economic assessments and weather index insurance products for agriculture;

(c) Report on any expertise provided on feedback mechanisms and outreach of agrometeorological information to WMO Members and projects in various countries.

Membership for Expert Team 1.2

Leader	Hatem BACCOUR	RA I	Tunisia
	Agustin Kouakou N´ZUE	RA I	Côte d´Ivoire
	Kwang Soo KIM	RA II	Republic of Korea
	Amparo CONDOR	RA III	Ecuador
	Manasah MKHABELA	RA IV	Canada
	Chelsea JARVIS	RA V	Australia
	Catherine JOHNSON	RA VI	United Kingdom

Activities for Expert Team 1.2

• • To be determined

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ET 1.3 - Expert Team on Crop, Animal, and Pest/Disease Early Warning Systems

Deliverables for Expert Team 1.3

(a) Guidance material on animal/plant pest/disease applications modelling and early warning systems, irrigation scheduling, crop protection, and crop forecasting;

(b) Guidance material on developing crop calendars;

(c) Revision of guidance material on the use of phenology for climate monitoring and crop phenology for agrometeorological monitoring and assessments;

(d) Report on any expertise provided on crop, animal, and pest/disease modelling including aerial dispersion to WMO Members and projects in various countries.

Membership for Expert Team 1.3

Leader	Tom DAVISON	RA V	Australia
	Yimer ASSEFA	RA I	Ethiopia
	Olga BEREZA	RA II	Russian Federation
	Roberto DE RUYVER	RA III	Argentina
	Patrick CHERNESKI	RA IV	Canada
		RA V
	Federico SPANNA	RA VI	Italy

Activities for Expert Team 1.3

• • To be determined

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