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Economic benefit to farms would be enhanced by re-invigoration of agromet networks and agromet extension, which have experienced particular deterioration. ■ Investments in forecasting undertaken to benefit sectors other than agriculture should scrutinize cost recovery arrangements to assess whether smallholder farmers are likely to be excluded from benefit, and how important the excluded information would be. ■ Severe weather warnings disseminated in lower-income countries in ECA are not timely.
The total project cost is now estimated at US$133 million, but may be expanded by increased government co-financing. The project has three main components. The second component aims at upgrading the observation networks that are most important in supporting Russia’s key weather-affected sectors, including storm mitigation in the most vulnerable river basins, municipal services in the largest cities, energy enterprises (which benefit from surface stations in the north), aviation (especially upper-air sounding over Siberia), environment and agriculture, which will be a principal beneficiary of upgrades in observing lead times and accuracy.
See also Ogonesyan (2004) for details on these and other transboundary weather patterns. South Eastern Europe is subject to the strongest effects of the Mediterranean cyclones, which in some years cause catastrophic flooding during the winter months. Because they are often among the first European observing networks to record these storms, the SEE hydromet agencies would benefit from regional arrangements that support timely cooperation and enable updated nowcasts of events underway. Greece and Italy could be important partners.