Communicating agrometeorological information

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  Welcome! This course is designed to show you how you can enhance agrometeorological communications. Effective communication is key to ensuring that agrometeorological information is used appropriately in the agricultural sector. Communication is not an add-on or negligible element of agrometeorological services, but rather it stands as an indispensable core. The deficiency of a robust communication strategy can lead to late information receipt, misunderstanding of received information, misinformation, inadequate information and ultimately limited use of available information.

  
  

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    Instructions Page

• Course Overview
  • Objective

    This eLearning course provides a basic understanding of the concepts needed to effectively communicate agrometeorological information.

    Audience

    The primary target audience for this course is staff at the national meteorological and hydrological services (NMHSs) responsible for agrometeorology or the delivery of climate services in the agriculture sector. In the case of this training, agriculture includes the sub-sectors of crops, livestock, fisheries and forestry. The course would also be relevant for agricultural extension staff, non-governmental organization staff, communication professionals and others who work directly with farmers on matters of climate resilience in agriculture.

    Course Structure

    • The course as a whole is expected to take approximately 2 hours.
    • This is split into 6 lessons of approximately 15 – 30 minutes each.
    • You must complete each lesson in order.
    • The next lesson is only unlocked once the previous lesson has been completed. 
    • You can leave the training modules at any time and resume whenever you have the time. Your progress will be saved automatically.
      

    Certification

    • A final assessment test is included at at the end of the course. A 70% score in the final assessment is needed to pass the course.
    • A Badge is available upon completion and passing of of the final assessment. Kindly wait 5 minutes for synchronization after you have completed the final assessment for the badge to be available.

    
    

• Lesson 1: Introduction to Climate Services for the Agriculture Sector
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    Lesson 1: Introduction to climate services for the agriculture sector Paquetage SCORM

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• Lesson 2: Framing the challenge
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    Lesson 2: Framing the challenge Paquetage SCORM

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• Lesson 3: Approaches for understanding user needs
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• Lesson 4: Exploring pathways for effective agrometeorological communication
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• Lesson 5: Soliciting feedback and conducting monitoring, evaluation and learning
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• Lesson 6: Future directions for effective agrometeorological communication
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• Final Assessment
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• Acknowledgements
  • This course has been developed by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) as part of the activities of the WMO Standing Committee on Services for Agriculture (SC-AGR). Some of the information in the course was produced as part of various donor funded projects that WMO has implemented in recent years. The following individuals in particular contributed to the design of the training:

    • Vieri Tarchiani, Institute of BioEconomy of the National Research Council of Italy (CNR-IBE)
    • Sebastian Grey, World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
    • Robert Stefanski, World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
    • Jorge Vazquez Aguirre, Universidad Veracruzana, Mexico
    • Valentina Grigoryan, Hydrometeorology and Monitoring Center (HMC) State Non-Commercial Organization (SNCO), Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Armenia
    • James Ijampy Adamu,  Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET)