5-9December, 2016

“Agro-meteorological services” Of

Department of Meteorology and Hydrology, Myanmar

Ms. May Khin Chaw Deputy Director, Agro-met Division, DMH, Myanmar mkhinc@gmail.com

CONTENT

Introduction of existing Agro-Met services

DMH Strategies for Development of Agro-met Activities

# Cooperation with RIMES

# Proposed Activities under AIRBM Project

Outputs of Agro-met ‘ Need Assessment

# RIMES’ Capacity Building Assessment

# Agro-met Development Workshop

17 Stations in the whole country

Observe 5 times /day

air temperatures

wind speed & direction

rainfall

evaporation

sunshine hours

radiation

soil temperature

cloudiness

Existing Capacity of Agro-met

06:30 hrs MST,

09:30 hrs MST

12:30 hrs MST

15:30 hrs MST

18:30 hrs MST

Forecasting Activities

Forecasting Activities

Agro-met Weekly Forecast are issued, broadcasted in TV Farmer Channel since 2013 Sept

Capacity Building Activities

Agro –Meteorological Basic/intermediate Course Meteorological Grade III Course

Publications and Issues

Agro-Meteorological Handbook has been issued from Agro-Meteorological Division. It contains ; - How to take observation - How to analyze the observed Agro- meteorological data - Method of calculating Agro- meteorological Indices etc,.. Forecast issued by the request; - Forecasts (weekly/15 days) requested from agrcultural Journals

Publications and Issues

Crop Weather Calendar are prepared for some crops like RICE, COTTON, JUTE, SUGARCANE etc,… These calendars are very useful tools for agriculture These calendars can assist agricultural planner, decision makers in their endeavour

Publications and Issues

Web based Agro- meteorological information; www.moezala.gov.mm

Facebook based Agro- meteorological information;

CONTENT

Introduction of existing Agro-Met services

DMH Strategies for Development of Agro-met Activities

# Cooperation with RIMES

# Proposed Activities under AIRBM Project

Outputs of Agro-met ‘ Reqirements Assessment

# RIMES’ Capacity Building Assessment

# Agro-met Development Workshop

Implementation for Agro-met Component

-Upgrading of Agro-Met Stations

- Farm School

-Agro advisory system (SESAME)

Objectives RIMES shall assist DMH and the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation (MOAI) in implementing key recommendations of the 9th Monsoon Forum in Nay Pyi Taw in October 2012, in particular the development of tools to support users of weather and climate information:

An updated agro-ecological zone map for Myanmar, crop-weather calendars that take into consideration the climate pattern in the past decades,

Expert system for translating weather and climate information into potential impacts and management options,

Pilot Climate Risk Management Field Schools to introduce farmers to the use of science-based information in decision-making.

Upgrade of the country’s agro-meteorological network shall support these initiatives.

Beneciaries o Department of Meteorology and Hydrology o Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation o Relief and Resettlement Department o General Administration Department o Farming communities at the pilot sites

Upgrading of Agro-Met Station

Following the stations have finished installation in 2015

Hpa-an

Mudon

Dawei

Lunkyaw

Heho

Lashio

Kengtaung

Kyeemon

Tharwarwaddy

Falam

Activity of Farm School in 2015/2016

5-10.2.15 : Experimental special Agro-Met Bulletin for Pilot areas

14-20.3.15 : FARM School Training in Naung Oo and Monywa

5.4.15 : FARM School Training in Monywa

24-26.4.15 : FARM School Training in Naung Oo

7 - 8.5.15 : Introduction of Agro Advisory System (SESAME) in Nay Pyi Taw

10-12.5.15 : Introduction of Agro Advisory System (SESAME) in Pilot areas

5-9.9.15 : Feedback for Agro Advisory System (SESAME) in Pilot areas

Opening Ceremony of Forecast Application for Risk Management in Agriculture (FARM) School Curriculum Run

Through in Nay Pyi Taw on 23rd Sept, 2014

Expertise from DMH, DOA, Irrigation Department, Yezin Agriculture University, DAR, and DAP was tapped in developing the draft FARM School Curriculum for testing

And then the TOT had gone and applied to the Local

Trainers in Nyaung Oo and Monywa within the area of Dry

Zone on October, 2014.

SESAME: Specialized Expert System for Agro Meteorological Early

warning)

A web based online platform to generate and disseminate agro-met bulletins based on short and medium range weather and climatic parameters http://agro.rimes.int/myanmar

Customized for two pilot sites of Dry Zone in Myanmar viz. Nyuang Oo and Monywa.

Built on two weather model input datasets ECMWF Deterministic Forecast with 10 days lead time

WRF Model data from RIMES with 3 days lead time

Capable of ingesting these two datasets and generate 10 days or decadal Agro-Met bulletins (email and fax) and 3 days short-term forecasts disseminated by SMS messages.

Specialized Expert System

For Agro Meteorological

Early-Warning(SESAME)

System Overview

Web Address; www.agro.rimes.int

DMH Annual Capacity Self-Assessment – 2015, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, 18-19 Feb 2016

Crop Weather Calendar

Forecast Advisory

CONTENT

Introduction of existing Agro-Met services

DMH Strategies for Development of Agro-met Activities

# Cooperation with RIMES

# Proposed Activities under AIRBM Project

Outputs of Agro-met ‘ Reqirements Assessment

# From RIMES’ Capacity Building Assessment

# From Agro-met Development Workshop

Brief Description on component 2

Component2 (Hydro-met Observation and Information Systems Modernization) Activities

Agriculture Climate Advisory Service

To improve climate outlooks for farmers

To enhance tools for knowledge sharing and advisory services

To improve dissemination methods

Workshop on “DMH strategy for Agro-meteorological Development” Was already conducted on 28-29th June, 2016 at NPT

AGROMET CAPACITY NEED ASSESSMENT