2. Session 2: Products and Services Delivery
Streamlining MESA products and services towards the decision making cycle in support of environmental management
Session 2: Products and Services Delivery

3. Outline Overview of SADC THEMA
5 Minute Video
Stories of Usage of Products and services
Botswana Cases (2)
Radithupa / Jansen
Malawi Cases (2)
Zimbabwe Cases (2)
Zambia Case (1)
Tanzania (1)
Capacity Building

4. BOTSWANA - Drought Service & PUMA
Mr Radithupa M. Radithupa & Ms Esther Jansen
Department of Meteorological Service, Botswana
BDMS MANDATE
Monitor and analyse Botswana and regional weather, providing weather forecasts, bulletins and an extensive range of meteorological and climatological data and reports.
ROLE in MESA
National Beneficiary Institute for the Drought Service in Botswana.
Host of PUMA (2005 and 2010) receiving stations under AMESD and expecting upgrades to PUMA (2015) under MESA
User of MESA Drought Monitoring Software (DMS)

5. Use of PUMA for PWS Benefits
Color Composite: 22 April :45 UTC
Benefits
Preparation for Meteosat second generation in Africa.
Improving skills in the diagnosis of Atmospheric development
improving accuracy of weather forecasts through easy interpretation of satellite imagery
Capability to overlay /superimpose satellite images and NWP products
MPEF:24 November :15 UTC

6. PUMA conclusion PUMA/ AMESD / MESA have been very helpful in:
improving weather forecasting/ nowcasting.
mitigating the risk of weather related disasters

7. Drought Early Warning System

8. MESA products for drought monitoring
Rainfall anomaly
VCI for 2nd dekad March 2015
% departure from normal
Drought severity

9. Drought Service Impact
In situ and EO data came to the same conclusion on extent and severity of drought.
Presidency declares drought with accompanying interventions .

10. MALAWI- Flood and agriculture services
Madalitso Henry Mwale – DoDMA &
Department of Disaster Management Affairs (DoDMA)
Joseph Kanyangalazi- MoAIWD – LRCD
Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development
MANDATES
To coordinate and direct disaster risk management programmes in Malawi/LRCD is responsible for promotion of programmes that ensure proper management of land based natural resources for improved agricultural production and other uses
MESA Roles
DoDMA Focal point trained in Flood Monitoring, yet to benefit from the MESA Flood Monitoring Station
MoAIWD has benefited from an AMESD Station; Training of Focal Point thematic expert and Systems Administrator; Technical maintenance backstopping on the e-station

11. EO data for flood monitoring
Above normal average rainfall conditions in 2015 led to flooding (worst in Malawi history), especially in the Southern Region of Malawi.
Floods displaced 230,000 people, killing 106, washing away 89,110 hectares of crop land; destroying 523,000 houses, 1,200km of roads and damaging 185 bridges.
EO data was use to calculate flood inundation and recession.

12. Flood Service benefits
Number of affected people by district
DoDMA depended on data provided by Department of Surveys (MASDAP). Data not in near real time.
Malawi will benefit from the MESA Flood Station and service which will provide near real time data for better preparedness and response

13. MESA products monitoring of agriculture
Excessive rainfall events lead to flooding conditions in most parts of Malawi.
These anomalous rains have washed away planted area and is going to affect yields.
There is need to develop an appropriate intervention strategy.
Monthly rainfall
Difference from LTAl
Impact

14. Conclusions
Intensify irrigation farming to complement rainfed production.
Identify and channel intervention to areas most affected by drought & other natural calamities.
Improve crop yield estimation

15. Zimbabwe – Wildfire and Agriculture Services
Mr Ntandokamlimu Nondo
Environmental Management Agency-(EMA).
EMA MANDATE
EMA is a statutory body responsible for ensuring the sustainable utilisation and protection of Zimbabwe’s environmental goods and services. .
ROLE in MESA
National Beneficiary Institute for Wildfire
Hosting AMESD Wildfire receiving station
Due for MESA Wildfire station upgrade.
Hwange Fire 1st October 2014

16. MESA products for wildfire monitoring
Fire Prediction
Fire Terminal View
Reports
DAILY FIRE ALERTS
FIRE STRATEGY
RESEARCH

17. Daily FIRE updates # communication strategy
Tollfree Line
SMS
Telephone
305543
Reports

18. MESA products in agricultural research
VCI used to estimate severity of drought. tested for yield estimation.
Exposure of crops to drought (dry dekads) is likely to lead to reduced maize yield.
Regression based solution (VCI dry dekads vs. Yield (In situ data).

19. Results

20. Conclusion
Significant negative linear relationship between number of dry dekads and maize yield.
Close match between the predicated yield and the official yield statistics with average root mean square error value of 0.14 tons/ha

21. Zambia - Wilfire Service
Mr Gift Sikaundi
Zambia Environmental Managemetn Agency (ZEMA)
MANDATE .
MESA ROLE

22. MESA products for wildfire monitoring
Fires over Zambia with Confidence levels 70% and above on Saturday 25th July 2015
18.31 million hectares were burnt in 2014
19.33 million hectares were burnt in 2013

23. MESA products used in research
Analysis of fire frequency between 2008 & 2012 indicate that much of the land especially in northern Zambia & Kafue National Park is exposed to fires every year.
Fire return intervals in Kafue park

24. Tanzania - Wildfire Service
Ms Kekilia Kabalimu
Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism
MANDATE
Early warning and immediate response to wild fire occurrences.
MESA ROLE
Beneficiary of the AMESD fire station and recipient of the upgrade MESA wildfire station.

25. Fire spread speed 2.33 M/S reported at Katavi nation
MESA products for wildfire monitoring
Fire spread speed 2.33 M/S reported at Katavi nation
MESA Fire Service consists of 3 components: before a fire, during fire and after fire.
Comparison of monthly burnt area between 2013 and 2014
FDI data areas at higher risk can be identified.

26. Fire events reported after large areas burnt.
BEFORE AMESD
Fire events reported after large areas burnt.
Fire management plan missed correct data for planning
Early warning Fire index was not available for early warning
Traditional fire watch tower

27. Fire Communication Today
The fire detected by satellite on 26th October 2012 at Sao Hill forest plantation.
SKYPE
WHATSAPP

28. High level support for MESA SADC THEMA
Namibia and Botswana ambassadors to ZIM
Minister of Agriculture, Botswana
Minister of Minerals, Energy and Water Resources, Botswana
Honorable President, Kikwete, Tanzania
Vice chancellor, UoZ
Prime minister Tanzania

29. Botswana Department of Meteorological Services