Workshop on capacity building requirements for GFCS

Institutional framework

Issues to be addressed

1. Critical needs

2. Critical steps

3. Mechanisms of interaction

4. Examples

Issues to be addressed

1. Critical need STRENGTHEN NM(H)Ss

2. Critical steps Focal points for GFCS should be w/in NMS, WMO to engage Missions/Foreign offices

Strenghthen level 1 countries to provide basic CS Empower RCCs to play an active role

Define regionally different MoUs as determined by the engaged NMSs

Use RCOFs and SCOFs in the interaction and the identification of user’s needs

Enable RCCs to fill in the gap in the provision of CSs at the national level as long as countries cannot provide these themselves

Issues to be addressed3. Mechanisms of interaction

Identify user’s needs through NCOFs, RCOFs and SCOFs at national & regional level Make use of existing interactive counsils on the national (i.e. Conseil de l’eau et Clima in Marroco or similar) or regional level (Forums on food security, Locust early warning system, etc.) Identify critical observation gaps and try to fill them in a joint effort with other agencies

GFCS should become the channel through which climate relevant projects are to be monitored Clarify roles that are to be played by NM(H)Ss, RCCs and GPCs in order to avoid confusion

WMO should enable the GPCs to support RCCs

GFCS

NM(H)S

WaterAgriculture

DRRHealth

NFCS

Designate FOCAL POINT

Deliver Climate Services

Provide RCS for NM(H)Ss

MoUs Provide CS for countries that cannot provide it themselves

GFCS

NM(H)SWater

Agriculture

DRR

HealthNFCS

RCC

Transboundary issues

Intraregional concerns

RFCS

Aid in the set up &

Provide standards

GFCS

NM(H)SWater

Agriculture

DRR

HealthNFCS

RCC

Transboundary issues

Intraregional concerns

RFCS

GPC Deliver GCS for the

MoUs use in RCCs andNM(H)Ss

Designation & standardization

NM(H)SWater

Agriculture

DRR

HealthNFCS

RCC

Transboundary issues

Intraregional concerns

RFCS

GPC

GFCS

Issues to be addressed

4. Examples

Marroco

Brazil

South Korea

India

Information Needs of Farmers• Local agro-climate & its variability

• Weather forecast

– Short & Medium Range

– Extended range

– Seasonal Scale

• Climate Prediction

• Pest/disease prognosis & control measures

• Advice on sowing/harvest, cultivar selection, farm input management & intercultural operations

TIER 1

Apex Policy Planning Body, Delhi

TIER 2National Agromet Service HQ

Execution, Pune

TIER 3State Agromet Centres (28)

Coordination/Monitoring

TIER 4Agromet Field Units

Agroclimatic Zone Level (130)

TIER 5District Level Extension and TrainingInput Management as advisory~640

Network of AAS units in the country

Network of 130 Agromet Field Units

Operational Agro-Meteorology Operational Agro-Meteorology Service Goal:Locale & Crop specific Advisory & Farmer Level Outreach

IMD

130 AG.MET. FIELD UNITS

DISTRICT LEVEL AGENCIES(DAO/KVK/ATMA/NGOs)

PREPARATION OF DISTRICT WISE MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECAST

BY STATE MET CENTRE

PREPARATION OF DISTRICT SPECIFIC AGRO-ADVISORIESFOR CONCERNED AGRO-CLIMATIC

DISSEMINATION OF DISTRICT LEVEL

AGRO-ADVISORIES

FARMERS(THROUGH MEDIA AGENCIES,

IT SERVICE, PERSONAL CONTACT)

District-wise Agro-met data

Agro-climate level agro-met data

Feedback analysis

District Level Agro-Met Advisory Service System

District Agromet Advisory Bulletin

• More than 550 districts are covered

• Bulletin is targeted for the farmers.

• This contains advisories for all the weather sensitive agricultural operations form sowing to harvest.

• It includes advisories for horticultural crops and livestock also.

he website

National Agromet Advisory Bulletin Thursday, 22nd J uly, 2010

(For the period 22nd to 26th J uly, 2010)

Satellite image 13 UTC Dated

23rd July, 2010

I ssued by National Agrometeorological Advisory Service Centre

Agricultural Meteorology Division I ndia Meteorological Department

Shivajinagar Pune.

The bulletin is also displayed in the website (http://www.imdagrimet.gov.in) of the Division

Agro meteorological Advisory Bulletin for the

State of Punjab

For the period 27th to 29th J uly, 2010

Issued on

Tuesday, 27th J uly, 2010

Issued by Meteorological Centre Chandigarh

In collaboration with Punjab Agricultural University Ludhiana & Department of

Agriculture, Punjab

Met sub-divisions of the state As per IMD classification entire Punjab State consisting of twenty districts has been taken as one meteorological subdivision.

Agromet Advisory Bulletins at

National, State and District level

“Today, India is a leader in using technology to empower farmers, like those I met yesterday who get free updates on market and weather conditions on their cell phones”

Barak Obama,President, U.S.A

Nov.8, 2010, Joint Session of Parliament, New Delhi

Endorsements & Appreciations

“ It is a Great Idea .. Do it Across the World. Great Work .. Keep It Up”

Barak Obama,President, U.S.A

Nov 7, 2010, Maharashtra

Institutional Capacity Building

• WMO : Sectt, GFCS Division, Dtes

Technical Commissions, GPCs

• Regional : RAs, RCCs, RTCs, RSMCs,

• RCOFs

• National : Focal Point, NFCS, NCOF,