Overview of Geo-Information Applications in ILRI

GIS at ILRI• Research:

– Currently being applied in a wide variety of projects within the different “thematic work areas”

• Services:

– Data management– Advice and services on applications– Capacity Building among staff and collaborators– Data sourcing and sharing both internally and

externally over the internet

GIS services Unit Activities• Ensuring generated data documentation meets agreed

global standards• Facilitate proper storage and sharing of data• Catalyst to capacity development across the institute• Meeting short term requests on GIS related work from

staff and collaborators• Conducting training activities for staff and collaborators• Keeping ILRI up to date on new developments in the geo-

information technologies• Linking ILRI with geo-information community in the world • Works with biometric services to ensure proper

incorporation of statistics principals in spatial analysis where such is needed and in building capacity among staff on the same

ILRI Service Unit Outputs

Metadata Services

ArcSDE Centralised Database system

Interactive Map Services

ILRI Web based Downloadable data

(Basic GIS – 1 Week)Decision Makers

GIS Technician + Analysts

Community

(Advanced training – 2 Weeks)

Basic training – 1-2 weeks

Capacity Building

ILRI Thematic Outputs

Some exciting GIS outputs 2008

• Poor Livestock Keepers / Value of Production– SSA and SA An Notenbaert, Patrick

Kariuki, Abisalom Omolo• USLE Based Potential Erosion Map

– Nile Basin Paulo van Breugel, A. Notenbaert, L. Claessens, J. VdSteeg

• Livestock water productivity and crop water use– Nile Basin Paulo van Breugel

• Simplified productions systems map (4 classes) + projection to 2030– Global An Notenbaert

• Projections for crops, livestock, livestock products, water use, malnutrition– Developing world Mario Herrero, An Notenbaert

Climate Change hotspots + VOPs per systemASARECA Jeannette Van de Steeg

Vulnerability indicatorsGHA James Kinyangi

Composite Risk mapsCOMESA An Notenbaert, Stella Massawe

GOBLET and the “development domains tool”Global Carlos Quiros, An Notenbaert

Avian Influenza Risk mapAfrica, Asia, Indonesia Wachira Theuri

Innovation successesEthiopia Patrick Kariuki

Updated poverty mapsUganda Patrick Kariuki

Dairy Value Chain.East Africa Pamela Ochungo

Kitengela (Wildlife and livestock counts, fences, atlas)Kitengela Shem Kifugo, Mohamed Said

Some exciting GIS outputs 2008

Targeting and Innovations Theme Activities Example

SLP drivers of change

…. can the poor benefit from these changes?

…. can we change without compromising food security,

ecosystems services and livelihoods?

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Population increasing, Urbanisation, Increased demand for LS products, Intensification, Climate change, Technology shifts, Globalisation, ….

Systems are changing:

SLP drivers of change

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4 Scenarios:

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Bio-fuels Scenario

Irrigation Expansion

Low meat Demand

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S1. Mixed intensive systems in the developing world are

under significant pressure From 2.5 to 3.4 billion people, from 150 to 200 million cattleSustaining most of the pigs and poultry and still increasing by 30-40%Most of the crops yields as well as areas stagnatingWater and soil fertility problems

Important productivity gains could be made in the more extensive systems

Annual changes in Cereal Production2000 - 2030

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AgroPastoral Mixed Extensive Mixed Intensive Other Developed countries

Rates of growth of mixed intensive similar to developed

countriesCatching up

Rates lower than those of population growth

Rate of Change - Cereal Production2000 - 2030

SLP drivers of change

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S3. “Moving megajoules” - fodder markets are likely to

expand as demand for meat and milk increases

4. Expansion of bio-fuels will likely reduce household food consumption in all systems

5. Some systems may need to de-intensify or stop growing to ensure sustainability of agro-ecosystems services

Better understanding of intensification thresholds: regulatory framework and M&E system

Incentives to protect environment / equitable “smart” schemes for payment of eco-system services

We need significant efficiency gains (in crops, livestock and other sectors alike)

Crops: You and Wood

Ag.Pot: LGP>180days or equipped for irrigationMA: less than 8 hours to >250K

EADD - Spatial analysis•The East African Dairy Development (EADD) Project operates in selected areas of Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda.

• The EADD project aims to transform the lives of 179,000 farming families (approx 1 million people – by doubling dairy income by the10th year. This will be done through integrated interventions to enhance dairy production, market access and knowledge application.

•The core interventions include setting up 27 new milk collection/chilling plant hubs across the region.

Market Opportunities Theme Activities Example

The EADD Study Sites in East Africa

Development Domains-Similar agricultural Problems or opportunities.-Specific dev. Policies, Investments, livelihood options, technologies likely to be most effective?

Site Selection using Development domains

Sampling of households to be surveyed•Quadrant random selection approach used – survey area divided into smaller Sampling grid cells and then a simple random sampling technique applied to select.

People Livestock and Environment Example output

The Fencing TeamILRIShem KifugoMohammed SaidDavid NkedianyeRobin ReidMike ArungaVince Odour

CommunityLugard Ole MakuiSimon Sinkeet Ole MulaNelson Ole OlputeMark Ole Koikai Daniel Ole IssaJoseph Ole Maratanta James Ole TurereNathaniel Ole SinketJoseph Ole KimitiSimon Ole PeiraRegan Ole Makui

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Mapping of fences in Kitengela

What is planned for 2009 (and beyond)

• LS production systems toolbox (incl. standard classifications) and LS productivity– An Notenbaert

• Length Growing Period and Cereal production under different scenarios– Philip Thornton

• Global rangeland model + carbon sinks + responses to CC– Stefano Disperati / Joseph Maitima

• Dynamic vulnerability for SSA (+ Mali & Mozambique)– An Notenbaert

• Intensification thresholds and nutrient balances (global)– Jeannette Van de Steeg

• Ecosystem services in the pastoral areas (+ links with food/environmental security)– Stefano Disperati

Methane emissions from livestock (global)Mario Herrero

Feed supply (crops, forages, rangelands) & feed demand + impacts CC + Feed markets (global)

Mario Herrero, Michael BlummelIntegration of livestock in LU and economic models

Mario HerreroWater poverty and vulnerability in the Nile Basin

James KinyangiEvaluation of Arid Lands Resource Management Program

Abisalom OmoloLandscape genomics

Steve KempEast Coast Fever (risk mapping, spatial targeting of delivery)

Phil Toye, Frank HansenValue chains and market access (distance to markets and services; collection and distribution of market information, risks and diseases)

Steve Staal, Derek Baker

What is planned for 2009 (and beyond)