Hydromet and Early Warning Joint Learning Exercise conducted at ICAR-CRIDA

2nd May 2023, Hyderabad

A delegation of 21 officials from the World Bank, Governments of Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka visited ICAR-Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture, Hyderabad today. The aim was to enhance the operational knowledge of participants through the workshop and visits to institutions and practice sites in India. ICAR-CRIDA was identified as one of the partner institutions for the theme ‘agrometeorology’.

In his opening remarks, Dr Vinod Kumar Singh, Director, ICAR-CRIDA opined that hydrometer-related extreme weather events are on the rise, causing a greater threat to food security in South Asian countries. He also thanked the World Bank officials for choosing CRIDA as the partner institute for ‘agrometeorology’ and lauded AICRP on Agrometeorology for its accomplishments.

Ms. Arti Belle, Senior Disaster Risk Management Specialist, World Bank detailed the inception of the joint learning exercise and the purpose of the study visit.

Dr. Santanu Kumar Bal, Project Coordinator (Agromet.) briefed about the various research activities and accomplishments of ICAR-CRIDA.

In his concluding remarks, Dr L.S. Rathore, Consultant, World Bank urged to have interdisciplinary coordination at the international level to tackle hydromet disasters. He also highlighted the role of ICAR-CRIDA in capacity-building programs and opined that the development of a crop contingency plan is the need of the hour.

(Source: ICAR-Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture, Hyderabad)