Commission for Agricultural Meteorology (CAgM)

CAgM Open Programme Area Groups (OPAGs)

At the 14th session of the Commission of Agricultural Meteorology in India in 2006, the Commission continued to use an Open Programme Area Group (OPAG) concept with the same OPAGs but made changes in the Expert Teams. The following OPAGS and Expert Teams were agreed upon:

CAgM Management Group

OPAG 1: Agrometeorological Services for Agricultural Production

• 1.1 - ICT for Agrometeorological Services (ICAS)
• 1.2 - ET on the Content and Use of Agrometeorological Products by Farmers and Extension Services (ETCUAP)
• 1.3 - ET on Agrometeorological Aspects of Sustainable Agricultural Development (ETASAD)

OPAG 2: Support Systems for Agrometeorological Services

• 2.1 - ICT on Support Systems for Agrometeorological Services (ICSAS)
• 2.2 - ET on Collection and Evaluation of Operational Agrometeorological Tools and Methodologies (ETATM)
• 2.3 - ET on Communication of Agrometeorological Products and Services (ETCAPS)

OPAG 3: Climate Change/Variability and Natural Disasters in Agriculture

• 3.1 - ICT on Climate Change/Variability and Natural Disasters in Agriculture (ICCND)
• 3.2 - ET on Climate Risks in Vulnerable Areas: Agrometeorological Monitoring and Coping Strategies (ETCRAM)
• 3.3 - ET on Drought and Extreme Temperatures: Preparedness and Management for Sustainable Agriculture, Rangelands, Forestry and Fisheries (ETDRET)

Expert Teams Reporting Directly to the President and/or Management Group

• ET on the Guide to Agricultural Meteorological Practices (ETGAMP)

CAgM Experts serving on teams of other Technical Commissions

• Inter-Commission Group on WMO Information Group (ICG-WIS)
• Inter-Programme Expert Team on Metadata Implementation (IPET-MI)
• Inter-Commission Task Team on Quality Management Framework (ICTT-QMF)
• CAgM Representative to Group on Earth Observations (GEO)

Note: ICT stands for Implementation/Coordination Team and ET stands for Expert Teams.

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