COLOMBIA - Develop and implement in IDEAM a new agroclimatic forecasting system of droughts and water excesses at a local scale and water excesses for the national agricultural sector, from seasonal weather forecasts.

- Make a diagnosis of the current seasonal weather forecast performed by IDEAM and their potential applications for the forecasting of droughts and water excesses (at a local scale) for the two prioritized agricultural systems. - Adjust the appropriate agroclimatic analysis and validation methodologies. -Field verification (in prioritised agricultural systems) of the results and best estimation and forecasting of droughts and water excesses from IDEAM's seasonal weather forecasts. -Start the application of a new forecasting system for the prediction of droughts and water excesses (at a local scale) for the two prioritized agricultural systems.