This meeting aims to understand the mechanism for disseminating alerts, to discuss and evaluate the communication strategy related to climate, water and weather events generated from the forecast and early warning platform. myDewetra–Voltalarm and through other national and regional monitoring and forecasting products.
The May 7 workshop also aims to strengthen and develop adequate channels and procedures for disseminating alerts for the “last mile” and to increase the necessary capacities of individuals, institutions and communities involved in deal with alerts.
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Specialists estimate that it will be a wet to moderately wet year across the entire territory of Mali. The level of the crops must be quite high. Furthermore, the acting deputy manager invited rural populations to avoid sowing low-lying areas and not to plant crops that “do not like to have their feet in water”, such as corn. she also urged producers to prepare for a successful campaign.
Overall, the Mali Météo agency promises that the campaign will be normal to surplus, with dry periods being short. During this workshop, in addition to the presentation of the early warning device, the separation of hydrogen from the water molecule innovated by the Mali robotics center was carried out.
By Diemba Moussa Konaté (Bamako, correspondence)
05/09/2024 at 4:06 p.m.
