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AGM, 12. Towards a compendium on national drought policy : proceedings of an expert meeting
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; George Mason University ; Environmental Science and Technology Center (ESTC); et al. - WMO, 2011Droughts produce a large number of socio-economic impacts which may arise from the interaction between natural conditions and human factors. There is growing evidence that the frequency and extent of drought has increased as a result of global warming. Some information on the current droughts in 2011 around the world in the Horn of Africa, China, Texas in the US, and England and Wales is presented. The context of current droughts calls for pro-active future actions to cope with droughts. National governments must adopt policies that engender cooperation and coordination at all levels ...
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; George Mason University ; Environmental Science and Technology Center ; National Drought Mitigation Center ; United States Department of Agriculture - World Agriculture Outlook Board
Event: Towards a compendium on national drought policy (July 14-15 2011; Washington, United States)
Published by: WMO ; 2011Droughts produce a large number of socio-economic impacts which may arise from the interaction between natural conditions and human factors. There is growing evidence that the frequency and extent of drought has increased as a result of global warming. Some information on the current droughts in 2011 around the world in the Horn of Africa, China, Texas in the US, and England and Wales is presented. The context of current droughts calls for pro-active future actions to cope with droughts. National governments must adopt policies that engender cooperation and coordination at all levels of governments in order to increase their capacity to cope with extended periods of water shortages due to drought. Despite the repeated occurrences of droughts throughout human history and the large impacts on different socio-economic sectors, no concerted efforts have ever been made to initiate a dialogue on the formulation and adoption of national drought policies. The time is ripe for nations to move forward with the development of a pro-active, risk-based national drought policy. Without a coordinated, national drought policy that includes effective monitoring and early warning systems to deliver timely information to decision makers, effective impact assessment procedures, pro-active risk management measures, preparedness plans aimed at increasing the coping capacity, and effective emergency response programs directed at reducing the impacts of drought, nations will continue to respond to drought in a reactive, crisis management mode. In order to address the issue of national drought policy, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Congress at its Sixteenth Session held in Geneva from 16 May to 3 June 2011 recommended the organization of a “High Level Meeting on National Drought Policy (HMNDP). ”Accordingly, WMO and the Secretariat of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), in collaboration with a number of UN Agencies, International and Regional Organizations and key national agencies, plan to organize the HMNDP in Geneva in March 2013. Plans for the development of Compendium of Desirable Elements in a National Drought Policy are described.
Notes: WAOB 2011
Collection(s) and Series: AGM- No. 12
Language(s): English
Format: Digital (Free), Hard copy (ill., charts, maps)Tags: Natural hazards ; Early warning systems ; Drought ; National Meteorological and Hydrological Service (NMHS) ; Capacity development ; Agricultural Meteorology Programme (AgMP) ; AGM 12
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AGM, 11. Agricultural drought indices : proceedings of an expert meeting
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; Motha Raymond P.; Wilhite Donald A.; et al. - WMO, 2011 (WMO/TD-No. 1572)The Murcia Expert Meeting is based on the outcomes of the Regional Workshop on Indices and Early Warning Systems for Drought which was held at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in December, 2009. At the Lincoln workshop, drought experts examined what indices are used for meteorological, agricultural and hydrological drought and developed the Lincoln Declaration on Drought Indices. There was a consensus agreement that the Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) should be used to characterize meteorological droughts by all NMHSs around the world. Several other of the recommendations formt eh Lin ...
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Available online: http://www.whycos.org/WMO/clw/agm/documents/AgriculturalDroughtIndicesProceeding [...]
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; Raymond P. Motha ; Donald A. Wilhite ; Deborah A. Wood ; United States Department of Agriculture ; National Drought Mitigation Center (Lincoln, United States) ; United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction ; Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Medio Rural y Marino (España)
Event: Agricultural drought indices (2-4 June 2010; Murcia, Spain)
Published by: WMO ; 2011The Murcia Expert Meeting is based on the outcomes of the Regional Workshop on Indices and Early Warning Systems for Drought which was held at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in December, 2009. At the Lincoln workshop, drought experts examined what indices are used for meteorological, agricultural and hydrological drought and developed the Lincoln Declaration on Drought Indices. There was a consensus agreement that the Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) should be used to characterize meteorological droughts by all NMHSs around the world. Several other of the recommendations formt eh Lincoln Declaration included establishment of two working groups with the objective of recommending, by the end of 2010, indices for global use to cope with agricultural and hydrological droughts. In this regard, the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR) is co-organizing with WMO the meetings of the Working Groups on Agricultural (Spain - June 2010) and Hydrological Droughts Indices ( India - August 2010) and the outcomes from all of these workshops on drought indices will be finalized in a chapter on drought risks for the 2011 UN Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction.
Collection(s) and Series: WMO/TD- No. 1572; AGM- No. 11
Language(s): English
Format: Digital (Free), Hard copy (ill., maps)Tags: Natural hazards ; Early warning systems ; Agriculture ; Drought ; Climate change ; Agricultural Meteorology Programme (AgMP)
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AGM, 10. Management of Natural and Environmental Resources for Sustainable Agricultural Development : Proceedings of a Workshop held from February 13-16, 2006, in Portland, Oregon
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; Pasteris P.; United States Department of Agriculture (USDA); et al. - WMO, 2008 (WMO/TD-No. 1428)Over the past two decades, there has been an increasing awareness of the potential damages that climate change, air and water pollution and inadequate natural resources management could induce upon human health, natural ecosystems and the economy. To address these concerns, considerable emphasis has been placed on sustainable development by many countries and international organizations. Accordingly, sustainable agricultural development has become a major issue of the 21 st century.
Management of Natural and Environmental Resources for Sustainable Agricultural Development: Proceedings of a Workshop held from February 13-16, 2006, in Portland, Oregon
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World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; P. Pasteris ; United States Department of Agriculture ; Natural Resources Conservation Service ; World Agricultural Outlook Bound
Published by: WMO ; 2008Over the past two decades, there has been an increasing awareness of the potential damages that climate change, air and water pollution and inadequate natural resources management could induce upon human health, natural ecosystems and the economy. To address these concerns, considerable emphasis has been placed on sustainable development by many countries and international organizations. Accordingly, sustainable agricultural development has become a major issue of the 21 st century.
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Collection(s) and Series: WMO/TD- No. 1428; AGM- No. 10
Language(s): English
Format: Digital (Free), Hard copy (ill.)Tags: Agriculture ; Climate change ; Impact studies ; Agricultural Meteorology Programme (AgMP)
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AGM, 09. Strengthening Operational Agrometeorological Services at the National Level : proceedings
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; Motha Raymond P.; Sivakumar Mannava V.K.; et al. - WMO, 2006 (WMO/TD-No. 1277)
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; Raymond P. Motha ; Mannava V.K. Sivakumar ; Michele Bernardi
Published by: WMO, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) ; 2006Notes: Browse by chapters
Collection(s) and Series: WMO/TD- No. 1277; AGM- No. 09
Language(s): English
Format: Digital (Free), Hard copy (ill., charts, maps)Tags: Agricultural Meteorology Programme (AgMP) ; Capacity development ; Meteorology ; Agriculture ; Philippines ; Cuba ; Region I - Africa ; Region II - Asia ; Afghanistan ; Region III - South America ; North America ; Central America ; Region V - South-West Pacific ; Region VI - Europe ; Indonesia ; West Africa ; Colombia ; WMO TD 1277
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AGM, 07. Applications of Climate Forecasts for Agriculture : Proceedings of an Expert Group Meeting for Regional Association I (Africa) held 9-13 December 2002 in Banjul, Gambia
Applications of Climate Forecasts for Agriculture: Proceedings of an Expert Group Meeting for Regional Association I (Africa) held 9-13 December 2002 in Banjul, Gambia
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Published by: WMO ; 2004
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Collection(s) and Series: WMO/TD- No. 1223; AGM- No. 07
Language(s): English
Format: Digital (Free), Hard copyTags: Agricultural Meteorology Programme (AgMP) ; Agriculture ; Climate prediction ; Weather service ; WCAC 1
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AGM, 08. Satellite Remote Sensing and GIS Applications in Agricultural Meteorology : Proceedings of a Training Workshop held 7-11 July 2003 in Dehra Dun, India
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; Roy P.S.; Harmsen K.; et al. - WMO, 2004 (WMO/TD-No. 1182)
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AGM, 06. Servicios de Informatión y Predictión del Clima (SIPC) y Aplicaciones Agrometeorológicas para los Países Andinos : actas de la Reunión Téchnia
Al tratar el tema de la estrecha relación entre el clima y el desarrollo de cultivos y pastos, se destaca la variabilidad y el cambio climático como factores que pueden incidir dramáticamente en la producción agropecuaria. De ahí la importancia de contar no solo con el conocimiento de las particularidades de estos en la región, sino también de disponer de información oportuna sobre el desarrollo presente y futuro de los procesos climáticos. Para los países andinos, cuya economía en una alta proporción (en promedio en cerca del 32%) depende de la agricultura, es de gran importancia disponer de ...
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AGM, 04. Software for agroclimatic data management : proceedings of an expert group meeting, October 16-20, 2000
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AGM, 01. Coping with Drought in Sub-Saharan Africa : Better Use of Climate Information
This report captures the Kadoma Ranch workshop deliberations on the outcome of the survey and recommendations for a programme to address farmers' needs for information on climate and drought. The major partners who supported this work include USAID, the US Drought Mitigation Center, the US National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, the UNCCD Global Mechanism and the Government of Zimbabwe through National Meteorological Directorate.
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AGM, 02. Early Warning Systems for Drought Preparedness and Drought Management
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; Sivakumar Mannava V.K.; Wood Deborah A. - WMO, 2000 (WMO/TD-No. 1037)Effective drought early warning systems are an integral part of efforts worldwide to improve drought preparedness. Timely and reliable data and information must be the cornerstone of effective drought policies and plans. In pursuit of the goal of improving the effectiveness of drought early warning systems, participants of the experts meeting were asked to address three fundamental questions:
1. What is your assessment of the current status of drought early warning systems?
2. What are the shortcomings, limitations, and needs for drought early warning systems?
3. How ca ...
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