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~Overview~Africa Agriculture GIS Week 2010
Navigating the change:Taking a closer look at the role of
spatial information and analysis insupporting improved agricultural
research and development
Africa Agriculture GIS Week 20108 12 June ILRI Campus, Nairobi
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What is this all about?
Objectives Share experiences in using GIS for agricultural development Encourage sharing and learning from each others good practices Provide staff from different organisations with the opportunity to create networks for
future collaboration
Provide an environment to develop ideas on new initiatives Present the AgCommons service bureau
Background The Consortium for Spatial Information (CSI) of the Consultative group on International
Agricultural Research (CGIAR), the HarvestChoice program , and the AgriculturalGeoSpatial Commons (AgCommons) program are jointly organising the 2nd AfricaAgricultural Geospatial Week.
The scope has been broadened to become a GIS ShareFair , a market place includingexhibitors, training sessions, thematic workshop in addition to presentation sessions andthe third edition of WhereCamp Africa.
The Africa Agricultural Geospatial Week 2010 is an opportunity to share ideas andknowledge on Geospatial Information Services for agricultural development.
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ProgramDay: Tuesday 8 th June Wednesday 9 th June Thursday 10 th June Friday 11 th June Saturday 12 th June
Theme: Business as UNusual! Understanding our own location Charting unknown waters! Training day WhereCamp/BarCamp Africa
Schedule: Start at 9:00 a.mEnd at 5:00 p.m
Start at 9:00 a.mEnd at 5:30 p.mCocktail reception
Start at 9:00 a.mEnd at 5:30p.m
Start at 9:00 amEnd at 5:00 pm
Start at 8:30End at 19:00
Summary ofactivities:
- AM: (Closed) Businessmeeting
- PM: AGCommonsWorkshop
- Presentations- Launch of platform
- Opening speeches- Presentations- Question and Answers and
Discussion- Synthesis exercise
- Keynote speeches- Cluster working groups for
presentations anddiscussions
- Workshopping
- T raining sessions - o pen discussion on locationintelligence related themes.Sessions to be defined byparticipants.
Participants a.m-CSI reps only
p.m- All participants
CSI reps presenting; otherparticipants
Presentation by proposal submitters;other participants
All participants, but need toregister for specific trainingsessions
All registered participants forWhereCamp/BarCamp
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Show me your Where
GIS Marketplace During breaks
In the tents outside
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New CGIAR and Megaprograms CGIAR is undergoing a change management process
Change in structure of research areas Increased focus on partnerships
Research programs divided into 7 megaprograms:
MP1: Integrated agriculture systems for the poor and vulnerable MP2: Policies, institutions, and markets for enabling agricultural
incomes for the poor MP3: Sustainable staple food productivity increase for global
food security
MP4: Agriculture, nutrition and health MP5: Water, soils and ecosystems MP6: Forests and Trees MP7: Climate Change
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Wednesday- CSI Presentations
Spatial expert representative from (almost)each Centre of the CGIAR to present theirwork and ideas
Format focused on how spatial analysis andinformation can be used to address the keyresearch activities identified
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Attention, attention-read all about it!
Presentations to focus onthree key areas of work,service, or tools which aparticular CSI representativefeels that theirCentre/department has made
real strides and achievementsinthree top newspaperfront page stories!
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Sell yourself!
What is it that yourGIS/Spatial unit (orself) could sell as aservice to Mega-programs and Cross-cutting platforms?---
show us youradvertisement!
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Centre page beauties!
What do you think GISlabs and Spatialinformation
departments will/couldlook like in the future?How will they change?What are yourpredictions? Are thereany trends that we seecoming?
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Opportunity Map! Listen to the group of presentations on spatial
analysis and information from CGIAR centres On cards provided, write down key spatial
services, methods, approaches or informationthat strikes you from the presentations.
Consider the key areas of agricultural research fordevelopment (Megaprograms) and also need forshared services
We will map out where particular services,approaches and information could/should beused
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GIS targetingmethods MP1 MP2 MP3
MP4 MP5 MP6
MP7OverallSharedservices
Monitoring landcover
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Thursday-Looking at what others aredoing
Cluster groups-visit two clusters 1. GIS and RS for enhancing food security 2. Mapping for decision support 3. Understanding the basics
4. Location-based intelligence to enhance farmer knowledge Presentations and Discussion in cluster groups
3-4 brief presentations in each cluster Discussions on what spatial analysis tools and information are key to
addressing agricultural development issues
Mapping Mapping the tools, approaches and information identified onto the 7
megaprogram research areas (and shared services)
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What we want to achieve Better understanding of what is happening and
possible in spatial analysis and information Mapping of key spatial tools, methods, approaches and
information that can be used to address and supportparticular areas of agricultural research and keyagricultural development issues
Who can offer these services-both CGIAR as well asother collaborating partners
Compiled in document and on website-to be sharedwith CGIAR change management, CGIAR Centres, andother partner organisations
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PrizesFor: First time presenters
(including students,young professionals)
Most innovative idea Most innovative
medium for delivery of the information
Overall best
How: Jury of senior, non-
presenter individuals tonominate individuals foreach prize and decidewithin the jury
Peoples choice - bowfor nominatingindividuals YOU feeldeserve prize of Overall
Best
What: Exciting prizesWhen: Judging during Wednesday
and Thursday; Prize giving onThursday afternoon
Who: All presenters,
producers of posters andother sharing of knowledge
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(Social) reporting Website: http://africaagricultureGISweek.org Presentations on Slide-share link from website Photographs on Flickr from websites
Microblogging on Twitter http://twitter.com/AAGW_2010 Ictkm and AgCommons (look for tag #aagw10)
Blog www.ictkm.cgiar.org www.agcommons.org
Video clips
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