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Global Agricultural Monitoring Task (GEOSS TASK: AG-07-03
Progress and Perspective 2012-15
Discussion on September 22, 2011, Geneva
Aims: Developing Global Agricultural Monitoring System of Systems to Facilitate:
• Global monitoring of agricultural production, facilitating risk reduction and increase in productivity.
• Timely and accurate national and sub-national agricultural statistical reporting.
• Global mapping, monitoring and modeling changes in agricultural land use.
• Effective early warning of famine, enabling a timely mobilization of international response.
Target 2015:
A coordinated global agricultural monitoring system of systems for monitoring agricultural production.
Enhanced agricultural monitoring and modeling systems utilizing EO capabilities.
A global coordinated agricultural early warning system of systems.
Enhanced global monitoring of agricultural land use change.
Initiatives
• Multi-source Production, Acreage, Yield (PAY) Database• Joint Experiments on Crop Assessment and Monitoring (JECAM)• Coordinated Data Initiatives for Global Agricultural Monitoring
(CDIGAM)• GLAMSS Thematic Workshop Series (GTWS)• Rangeland Monitoring as a part of GLAM• GEOSS-G 20 Initiative on Global Agriculture Monitoring
Task Team
Task Co-Leads: Chris Justice, University of Maryland, USA
Wu Bingfang, Institute of Remote Sensing Applications, CAS, Beijing, China
Olivier Leo, JRC, EC, Ispra, Italy
Derrick Williams, USDA FAS, USA
Task Executive Director: Jai Singh Parihar, SAC, ISRO, India
JECAM Sub-task Lead: Ian Jarvis, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
GEO Secretariat PoC: Joao Vianei Soares, GEO Secretariat, Geneva
CEOS GEO Ag. POC: Prasad Thenkabail, USGS , USA
GEOGLAM POC: Pascal Kosuth, CEMAGREF, France
PAY- Production Area Yield Database
Aims at facilitating more consistent global reporting allowing-(Can be linked to AMIS of FAO)
Approach:
Countries provide statistics to a common data base for inter-comparison and analysis
GUI allows for queries on Yield, Production and Area by: Agency, Commodity (e.g. Corn, Soy, Wheat, Rice), Country, Year (2005-present), Date of Forecast, Data Type (Forecast, Reported)
Analyze major discrepancies
Challenges:
Populating with near-real time data- finding contributors
Identification of Additional monitoring groups and countries are encouraged to participate
Leads: US, China, EU, FAO
Joint Experiments on Crop Assessment and Monitoring (JECAM)
Aims at establishing a series of research supersites covering diverse cropping systems.
Facilitating the inter-comparison of data and methods for crop area, condition monitoring and yield estimation, with the aim of establishing ‘best practices’ for different agricultural systems.
Approach: Acquire EO data from available assets - coordinated through CEOS, collect and share in-situ measurements, joint analysis of data, Inter-comparison of protocols.
Challenges: i) Commitment from Space Agencies to provide data for sites, particularly India, China and Russia, ii) Support for cross site comparison workshops.
Sites currently: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, EU, Paraguay, US, new sites being added (Current status to be confirmed)
Lead: Canada
Coordinated Data Initiatives for Global Agricultural Monitoring (CDIGAM) – Focus on priority data activities
Approach: Define Observational Requirements and Identify gaps in the current in-situ
observation- (Documentation) Ensure Data Continuity (Advocacy) - Encourage Free and Open Data from EU, China, India, Russia….. (Advocacy)- Coordinated moderate resolution satellite acquisition – virtual constellation
(Advocacy)- Compilation of best available global information on agricultural areas, crop
calendars and cropping system (Documentation)- Improved spatial distribution of in-situ weather data (Coordination with
WMO)Distribution of sat data
Challenges:- Responsiveness of agencies
Leads: WMO, US, EU……
GLAMSS Thematic Workshop Series (GTWS)
A series of technical international workshops on techniques and methods, best practices, emerging technologies and model inter-comparisons
Approach: Plan and organise targeted workshops • Covering topics in agriculture requiring increased communication• To advance specific task activities
– Hosted by a member of the community of practice – Mostly co-located with other community meetings
Challenges:– Funding for developing country meetings and participant travel
Leads to date: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, EU, FAO, India, Kazakhastan, Kenya.
GTWS: Completed• LULC Validation WS, IIASA, Vienna, Austria (2011)• S. American JECAM Session with 15th SBRS, Curitiba, Brazil (May 2, 2011)• Discussions on developing Rangeland initiative, ISRSE, Sydney, Australia (2011) • CoP coordination meeting at GEO Ministerial, Beijing, China (Nov. 2, 2010)• Observation Requirements & Coordination Workshop, Brussels, Belgium (Oct. 12-15 ,
2010) • JECAM China Coordination WS, Hong Kong (Sep. 28, 2010) • Thematic WS on Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture, Ahmedabad, India (Dec. 2009)• Thematic WS on SAR to Support Agricultural Monitoring, Kananaskis, Canada (Nov. 2-4,
2009)• WS on Establishing a Global Ag. Monitoring System of Systems, CAS, Beijing (Feb. 11-13,
2009) • Ag 0703 Session at NEESPI/LCLUC Workshop, Almaty, Kazakhstan (Sep., 2009) • Ag 0703 Session at SBSR, Natal, Brazil (Apr. 2009)• Expert Group Meeting of CGMS, JRC, ISPRA ( 2009 ?)• Rainfall Estimates for Crop Monitoring and Food Security. JRC, ISPRA, (Oct. 22-24, 2008)• Thematic Workshop and Document on Best Practices for Crop Acreage Estimates (JRC,
MARS, Jun., 2008)• Workshop on Developing a Strategy for Global Agricultural Monitoring in the framework of
GEO, FAO, Rome (Jul. 16-18, 2007)• 1st IGOL Workshop…………………….(2007 ??)
GTWS: Future Plans• Crop and Rangeland Monitoring Workshop, Nairobi, Kenya, (Sep. 26-30,
2011)• JECAM Meeting , Argentina (2011)
2012 (To be Discussed today-Sep. 22, 2011)• Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture, USA, (2012)• Drought Monitoring/ agriculture and water use, Beijing (2012)• Towards evolving Best Practices in Agricultural Monitoring using EO Data,
Ahmedabad (2012)
• JECAM Specific
JECAM Annual Review WS (One or more regionally distributed)
• GEOSS-G 20 Specific –(To emerge from Sep. 22-23, 2011 planning meeting)
• Continent level: North America, South America, Africa, EU, Asia, Far-East, Oceania
Rangeland Monitoring
Aims at evolving the GLAMSS on the line it has been planned for croplands
Current status: • Identification of the need- Nov. 2010 Beijing Ministerial meet• Folowup discussions during ISRSE in Sydney • Crop and Rangeland Monitoring Workshop being organised at
Nairobi, Kenya, Sep. 26-30, 2011
Challenges:
Establish a team to develop a programme as of other initiatives
GEOSS- G 20 Initiative on Agriculture Monitoring
Aims at increasing out reach of AGMON Task with support of global available institutional mechanisms
Current status: • Proposal outline drafted in May 2011• Presented in First draft in the G-20 Agriculture Officers Meeting – May
11, 2011 • Presented in G-20 Agriculture Ministers Meeting- June 22-23, 2011• A planning meeting to further workout the project details and strategy
Challenges:
Develop detailed Plan of implementation
Raising Financial resource to initiate the process
Establish institutional mechanism for coordination and implementation
Develop a team to coordinate
Sensor System
Data Reception and
Dissemination
Parameter Retrieval and
Modeling
Capacity Building
Global Agricultural Monitoring System
of Systems (GAMSS)
Institutionalization
GLAMSS System Elements
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