WORKSHOP ON DROUGHT AND EXTREME TEMPERATURES:

PREPAREDNESS AND MANAGEMENT FOR

SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES

(Beijing, China, 16-17 February 2009)

PROGRAMME

(Venue: Chinese Meteorological Administration (CMA) Conference Center, 2^nd floor)

SUNDAY, 15 FEBRUARY 2009

Participants arrive in Beijing

MONDAY, 16 FEBRUARY 2009

08:00-09:00 hrs            Registration at CMA Conference Centre, 2^nd Floor

SESSION 1

Opening of the Workshop

(Chairman: Zhai Panmao)

09:00 hrs                      Welcome

Jiao Meiyan

                                      Deputy Administrator，

Chinese Meteorological Administration (CMA), China

09:10hrs                       Welcome

                                      Robert Stefanski

                                      Agricultural Meteorology Division

                                      World Meteorological Organization (WMO), Switzerland

09:15 hrs                      Welcome

                                      Jim Salinger

                                      President, Commission for Agricultural Meteorology of WMO

National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA), New Zealand

09:20 hrs                      Group Photo and Tea/Coffee Break

SESSION 2

Drought Indices and Monitoring

(Chairman: R. Stefanski             Rapporteur: M. Rahimi )

09:50 hrs                      Agricultural drought indices and monitoring

                                     Lu Houquan

                                      National Meteorological Center

                                  CMA

10:10 hrs                      Characterization of drought with climate indices in Africa: case of Ivory Coast

                                      Alama Coulibaly

                                      Sociéte d’Exploitation et de Développment Aéroportuaire

                                      Aéronautique et Météorologique (SODEXAM), Côte d’Ivoire

10:30 hrs                      Drought Situation in South America

                                      Ana Mancuso

                                      Direccion Nacional de Meteorologia, Uruguay

10:50 hrs                      Impacts of droughts and extreme temperatures on agriculture, rangelands, forestry, and fisheries in Panama

                                      Berta Olmedo de Quezada

Gerencia de Hidrometeorologia de la Empresa de Transmisión Electrica (ETESA), Panama

11:10 hrs                      The Drought Monitoring, Precaution and Loss Estimating in China

                                      Chen Huailiang

                                      Henan Institute of Meteorological Sciences, China

11:30 hrs                      Drought impacts in the Philippines in the Different Climate Sectors

                                      Rosalina de Guzman

Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), Philippines

11:50 hrs                    Discussion

12:00 hrs                      Lunch

SESSION 2 (Con’t)

Drought Indices and Monitoring

(Chairman: R. Stefanski             Rapporteur: B. Lee )

13:30 hrs                      Impacts of droughts and extreme temperatures on agriculture, rangelands, forestry, and fisheries in France

                                      Emmanuel Cloppet

                                      Météo-France, France

13:50 hrs                      Current Status of Monitoring and Predicting Droughts and Future Improvements in Brazil

                                      Luis Claudio Costa

                                      Universidade Federal de Vicosa, Brazil

14:10 hrs                      New Technologies and Drought

                                      Byong Lee

                                      Korea Meteorological Administration, Republic of Korea

14:30 hrs                      Risk identification and assessment of drought for winter wheat in North China

                                      Wang Chunyi

                                      Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences

14:50 hrs                    Discussion

15:00 hrs                      Tea/Coffee Break

SESSION 3

National Drought policies and Coping Strategies

                                     (Chairman: J. Salinger         Rapporteur: E. Cloppet   )

15:30 hrs                      Management Strategies for Sustainable Agriculture

                                      Ray Motha

                                      United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), USA

15:50 hrs                      Australian National Drought Policy

                                      Samsul Huda

                                      University of Western Sydney, Australia

16:10 hrs                      Overview of drought preparedness and coping strategies

                                      Robert Stefanski

                                      WMO, Switzerland

16:30 hrs                      Discussion

SESSION 4

Extreme Temperatures

(Chairman: L. Costa            Rapporteur: R. de Guzman )

16:40 hrs                      Modeling apple tree bud burst time and frost risk in Iran

                                      Mohammad Rahimi

                                      Islamic Republic of Iran Meteorological Organization (IRIMO),

                                      Islamic Republic of Iran

17:00 hrs<