Inter-Regional Workshop on Strengthening Operational Agrometeorological Services March 2004 Manila, Philippines

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1 Inter-Regional Workshop on Strengthening Operational Agrometeorological Services March 2004 Manila, Philippines Sponsored by World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Food Agriculture Organization (FAO) Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) Sunday, 21 March 2004 Participants arrive in Manila Stay at the Richmonde Hotel Draft Programme Monday, 22 March 2004 Session 1 Opening of the Meeting 09:00 hrs Welcome Florentino O. Tesoro Officer-in-charge, Office of the Director, PAGASA 09:10 hrs Welcome M.V.K. Sivakumar Chief, Agricultural Meteorology Division World Climate Programme Department World Meteorological Organization 09:20 hrs Welcome Ray Motha President of the Commission for Agricultural Meteorology (CAgM), WMO 09:30 hrs Welcome Michele Bernardi Food Agricultural Organization 09:40 hrs Workshop Opening Secretary, Department of Science Technology Philippines 10:00 hrs Group Photo Tea/Coffee Break Session 2 Operational Agrometeorological Services National Perspectives (Chair: M. Bernardi Rapporteur: R. Boer ) 10:30 hrs Operational Agrometeorological Services in the Philippines Aida Jose, Flaviana Hilario Nathaniel Cruz PAGASA, Philippines 11:15 hrs Operational Agrometeorological Services in Australia

2 2 11:45 hrs Discussion Mark Williams Bureau of Meteorology, Australia 12:00 hrs Summary of key points/conclusions (rapporteur) 12:10 hrs Lunch Session 3 Operational Agrometeorological Services Regional Perspectives (Chair: R. Motha Rapporteur: A. Jose) 14:00 hrs Perspectives from RA I (Africa) 14:30 hrs Discussion Haroun Abdalla Meteorology Authority, Sudan Isaac Tarakidwa United Nations World Food Programme, Zimbabwe 14:45 hrs Perspectives from RA II (Asia) 15:15 hrs Discussion G.A. Kamali Islamic Republic of Iran Meteorological Organization, I.R. of Iran Nguyen Van Viet Institute of Meteorology Hydrology, Viet Nam 16:00 hrs Agrometeorological services required under emergency situations: an example from Afghanistan 16:30 hrs Discussion Rabah Lekhal Food Agriculture Organization (FAO), Afghanistan Mohammad Fahim Zaheer Food Agriculture Organization (FAO), Afghanistan 16:45 hrs Summary of key points/conclusions (rapporteur) 17:00 hrs Adjournment

3 3 Tuesday, 23 March 2004 Session 3 (contd.) Operational Agrometeorological Services - Regional Perspectives (Chair: R. Motha Rapporteur: A. Jose) 08:30 hrs Perspectives from RA III (South America) 09:00 hrs Discussion Constanino Alarcon Velazco Director-General de Agrometeorologia, Peru Miguel Egana Direccion Meteorologica de Chile 09:15 hrs Perspectives from RA IV (North Central America) 09:45 hrs Discussion Paul Doraiswamy United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), USA Oscar Solano Instituto de Meteorología, Cuba 10:00 hrs Perspectives from RA V (South-West Pacific) Rizaldi Boer FMIPA Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia Mark Williams Bureau of Meteorology, Australia 10:30 hrs Tea/Coffee Break 11:15 hrs Perspectives from RA VI (Europe) 11:45 hrs Discussion Zoltan Dunkel Hungarian Meteorological Office, Hungary Adriana Cornelia Marica National Institute of Meteorology Hydrology, Romania 12:00 hrs Summary of key points/conclusions (rapporteur) 12:30 hrs Lunch Session 4 Operational Agrometeorological Services - International Perspectives (Chair: H. Abdalla Rapporteur: R. Murthy Vasiraju) 14:00 hrs Requirements for Agrometeorological Services International Perspectives M. V. K. Sivakumar World Meteorological Organization Switzerl

4 4 14:30 hrs Discussion 14:45 hrs Coordinating role of FAO in developing tools methods to support foodsecurity activities in National Agrometeorological Services 15:15 hrs Discussion Michele Bernardi Food Agriculture Organization (FAO) Italy 16:00 hrs EU/JRC agrometeorolgocial monitoring approach national services: opportunities challenges Thierry Nègre Joint Research Centre of the EU, Italy 16:45 hrs Summary of key points/conclusions (rapporteur) 17:00 hrs Adjournment Wednesday, 24 March 2004 Session 5 Strengthening Operational Agrometeorological Services A Critical Review (Chair: Z. Dunkel Rapporteur: N. Van Viet) 08:30 hrs Shortcomings limitations in the availability application of agrometeorological data 09:00 hrs Discussion R. Stefanski United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), USA 09:15 hrs Shortcomings limitations in analytical tools methods of provision of operational agrometeorological services 09:45 hrs Discussion J. Andresen Michigan State University, USA 10:00 hrs Dissemination of Agrometeorological Information Sue Walker Orange Free State University, South Africa 10:30 hrs Tea/Coffee Break 11:15 hrs Summary of key points/conclusions (rapporteur)

5 5 Session 6 Strengthening Operational Agrometeorological Services Needs From Agriculture Sector (Chair: P. Doraiswamy Rapporteur: A. Murica) 11:30 hrs Current potential functions of national agrometeorological services: the agricultural dem side 12:00 hrs Discussion 12:15 hrs Lunch lstiqlal Amien Agroclimate Hydrology Research Institute, Indonesia 13:30 hrs Establishing Improving Linkages between National Weather Services Agricultural Sector 14:00 hrs Discussion Ray Motha United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), USA 14:15 hrs Opportunities Challenges for institutionalizing Climate Information Generation application System Experiences from South South East Asia 14:45 hrs Discussion Arjunapermal Subbiah Asian Disaster Preparedness Center, Thail 15:00 hrs Operational Agrometeorological Services for Agricultural Research Extension Needs Radhakrishna Murthy Vasiraju ANGR Agricultural University, India 15:45 hrs Discussion 16:00 hrs A Review of Agrometeorological Monitoring Tools Methods used in the West African Sahel 16:30 hrs Discussion Seydou Traore AGRHYMET Regional Centre 16:45 hrs Advising growers on conditions for sugarcane burning in Cauea valley (Colombia) through wind data obtained from an automated weather network 17:15 hrs Discussion Enrique Cortes-Betancourt Centro de Investigacion de la Cana de azucar de Colombia 17:30 hrs Summary of key points/conclusions (rapporteur)

6 6 17:45 hrs Adjournment Thursday, 25 March 2004 Session 7 Brainstorming on Issues (Moderator: M.V.K. Sivakumar Rapporteur: R. Stefanski) 08:30 hrs Target Orientated Interactive Session 10:00 hrs Tea/Coffee Break 10:30 hrs Target Oriented Interactive Session (contd.) 11:45 hrs Summary of key points/conclusions (rapporteur) 12:00 hrs Lunch Session 8 Brainstorming on Prioritization (Moderator: M.V.K. Sivakumar Rapporteur: R. Stefanski) 13:30 hrs Target Oriented Interactive Session 15:20 hrs Summary of key points/conclusions (rapporteur) Session 9 Brainstorming on Recommendations Conclusions (Moderator: M.V.K. Sivakumar Rapporteur: R. Stefanski) 16:00 hrs Target Orientated Interactive Session 16:50 hrs Summary by Rapporteur 17:00 hrs Adjournment Friday 26 March 2004 Session 10 Consideration of Draft Workshop Document (Chair: R. Motha Rapporteur: R. Stefanski) 10:30 hrs Review of Workshop Document by Participants

7 7 Session 11 Workshop Conclusion 11:30 hrs Participant feedback 11:40 hrs Workshop Recommendations Conclusions Ray Motha 11:50 hrs Vote of Thanks M.V.K. Sivakumar Venus Valdemoro 12:00 hrs Workshop concludes 12:00 hrs Lunch 14:00 hrs Tour of Manila organized by PAGASA