The 17th Session of CAgM approved priorities for CAgM (2018-2022) (Resolution 4):
(1) Advancing scientific research and its application, as well as the development and implementation of technology to support sustained services outcomes on all scales and especially to address the global challenges of managing climate risks and adapting to climate variability and change through:
(a) Identifying innovative risk management systems in global food production associated with weather and climate risks;
(b) Developing technological applications to communicate information to agricultural decision-makers across the agricultural systems value chain (farmer-transport-milling/ processing-export/trading (where appropriate);
(c) Reviewing standards for measuring agricultural meteorological parameters with a priority on soil moisture and agricultural mass and energy flux measurements;
(2) Improving service quality and service delivery by:
(a) Developing enhanced services for the agricultural, livestock, forestry, rangeland and fishery communities including agricultural meteorological consultancy;
(b) Engaging with the agriculture and food security priority area of GFCS and similar relevant climate service initiatives globally;
(c) Encouraging development of a knowledge-sharing interface between forecasters and scientists, extension services and the agricultural decision-makers, with information flow in both directions;
(d) Identifying agricultural meteorological information needs of the vulnerable communities to facilitate development of more useful and appropriate agricultural meteorological information products;
(3) Strengthening capacity development through agricultural meteorological training and education at the regional, national and local levels;
(4) Building and enhancing partnerships and cooperation through working in collaboration with other WMO technical commissions and Members, United Nations agencies including the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, World Food Programme, United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Group on Earth Observations and other relevant organizations, to create synergies and to support improved agricultural production and economic development;