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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