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International GEO Workshop on <strong>SAR</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>Support</strong> <strong>Agricultural</strong> Moni<strong>to</strong>ring 3. Breakout Sessions 3.1 Findings of Pre-workshop Survey Don Ball (a consultant and meeting facilita<strong>to</strong>r from DB Geoservices Inc, Canada) presented the findings from the pre-workshop survey. These findings appear in Annex 1. Roughly half of the respondents work at federal governments, and one third at universities. The <strong>to</strong>p twelve applications of <strong>Agricultural</strong> Moni<strong>to</strong>ring Data are shown in Figure 5. Figure 5 Top Twelve Applications of <strong>Agricultural</strong> Moni<strong>to</strong>ring Data 50 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 Crop Identification Crop Area Land Cover Crop Yield Land Use Drought Moni<strong>to</strong>ring Soil Moisture Crop Health Flood Moni<strong>to</strong>ring Soil Type Irrigation Tillage Moni<strong>to</strong>ring Approximately 56% of moni<strong>to</strong>ring applications are in the research stage; the remainder is split evenly between pilot/demonstration and operations. In answer <strong>to</strong> the question: “How important is the use of <strong>SAR</strong> data for your agricultural moni<strong>to</strong>ring applications?” 45% replied ‘Increasingly’ and 39% said ‘Critical’. The questions that were asked about the importance of fac<strong>to</strong>rs that could encourage greater use of <strong>SAR</strong> data drew responses that all of the options provided are important. There was relatively little difference in scores between the most important and the least important responses. 15
International GEO Workshop on <strong>SAR</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>Support</strong> <strong>Agricultural</strong> Moni<strong>to</strong>ring Don Ball then gave instructions for the breakout sessions. The discussions of Scientific and Operational issues were combined in<strong>to</strong> one session of three hours, while the discussion of Capacity Building and Transition <strong>to</strong> Operations <strong>to</strong>ok place for ninety minutes on Wednesday afternoon. The breakout groups were asked <strong>to</strong> fill out Table 1. Table 1 Recommended Approach <strong>to</strong> Breakout Sessions Challenge Solution Action/ Next Steps Owner / Lead (What is discouraging greater use of <strong>SAR</strong> data) (High level or strategic step(s) <strong>to</strong> overcome the challenge) (The first few specific or tactical steps <strong>to</strong> implement the solution) 16 (Class of stakeholders who could undertake the action(s) e.g. governments, data providers, universities, …) In order <strong>to</strong> build a Recommended Approach, the groups were asked <strong>to</strong> identify the key challenges (fac<strong>to</strong>rs which discourage greater use of <strong>SAR</strong>) and for each challenge what are the main solutions (high level or strategic step(s) <strong>to</strong> overcome the challenge) and the main actions or next steps (the first few specific or tactical steps <strong>to</strong> implement the solution). The groups were also asked, time permitting, for each action <strong>to</strong> identify recommended owner or lead (class of stakeholders who could undertake the action(s) e.g. governments, data providers, universities, …). The owner / lead was specifically not supposed <strong>to</strong> be an individual nor a specific organization, but rather a class of stakeholders. The breakout groups were divided according <strong>to</strong> <strong>Agricultural</strong> Moni<strong>to</strong>ring applications: • Crop Production • Water Availability • Land Management. Workshop participants were given the choice of which application category they would like <strong>to</strong> join. The workshop organizers felt that the groups might consider different fac<strong>to</strong>rs, depending on which of these application categories they related most closely <strong>to</strong>. To facilitate the process of identifying key challenges/ solution/ actions, participants were provided with the ideas that were included in the survey. <strong>Group</strong>s were encouraged <strong>to</strong> build these ideas and provide innovative ideas not covered by the survey results.
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