Afrigather The Meals and Agriculture Group (FAO) in collaboration with the Division of Water Assets lately held a day-long synergy on the 2023 seasonal forecast.
The target of synergy was to disseminate the 2023 seasonal forecast for The Gambia which is in favour of regular to barely above regular rainfall through the (July-August-September) interval. Shorter to common dry spell durations are additionally anticipated firstly and in direction of the tip of the season.
Dr. Mustapha Ceesay, FAO Assistant Nation Consultant, mentioned as rainfall patterns have gotten more and more unsure and unpredictable, the necessity to strengthen local weather providers and early warning techniques in The Gambia for climate-resilient growth and adaptation to local weather change turns into much more apparent.
He continued that local weather change is a world problem that requires complete and cross-sectoral actions to be taken in full consideration of worldwide targets, regional methods, and nationwide motion plans.
“FAO will proceed to help the customisation of climate and local weather info providers for the agriculture sector and to enhance climate and local weather forecast info dissemination on the nationwide and regional degree,” Dr. Ceesay affirmed.
Lamin Mai Touray, director of the Division of Water Assets on the Ministry of Fisheries, mentioned Seasonal Rainfall Prediction (SRP) is one among their flagship merchandise.
He added that it is a useful early warning instrument that has supplied stakeholders with related local weather good information and data that can assist scale back the danger of climate and local weather change impacts in numerous weather-sensitive sectors of the financial system and maximise the alternatives supplied by the knowledge contained within the product.
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He continued that, SRP will assist enhance and enhance the extent of preparedness by the Nationwide Catastrophe Administration Company and function an advisory instrument for a lot of stakeholders on the nationwide and regional ranges.
In accordance with a press launch from the Division of Water Assets beneath the Ministry of Fisheries and Water Assets, the local weather forecast for the 2023 wet season is predicted to be very prone to be regular to prone to be above regular within the nation.
Most locations within the nation are nonetheless predicted to expertise above-normal annual rainfall with the very best quantity above 900mm (millimeter) within the western sector of the nation and quantity within the vary of 700-850mm as are probably over the remainder of the nation, the discharge said.
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