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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 2. Summary of Meeting Sessions 2.1 Plenary and Keynote Addresses Ken Korporal of the CGEO Secretariat opened the workshop by welcoming the participants, which included more than 115 experts representing 30 countries and seven Canadian provinces. More than 75 people participated in the weekend training session and field trips led by the Agriculture Canada, the University of Calgary and Parks Canada. He acknowledged the funding of sponsoring organizations, including the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) who funded 29 participants from developing countries, and additional funding <strong>to</strong> speakers from GOFC-GOLD (Global Observation of Forest and Land Cover Dynamics), Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, and Environment Canada. Sherman Nelson of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) made welcoming remarks on behalf of the Government of Canada. He stated that critical policy decisions need <strong>to</strong> be based on sound scientific information, and Earth Observation (EO) has a key role in providing this. He challenged participants <strong>to</strong> find ways <strong>to</strong> increase the number of operational applications that EO can provide sound scientific information for the policy community. Brenda Brindle of Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development welcomed participants on behalf of the Government of Alberta. The province exports $ 8 billion (Can.) of agricultural products annually, and the growing population is putting pressure on agriculture. She emphasized that coordinated and relevant knowledge is key <strong>to</strong> good management decisions, and so moni<strong>to</strong>ring systems are needed. David Grimes, GEO Principal for Canada and Assistant Deputy Minister at Environment Canada, gave a Canadian perspective of GEO and GEOSS (Global Earth Observation System of Systems). The vision of GEOSS is ‘To realize a future wherein decisions and actions for the benefit of humankind are informed by coordinated, comprehensive and sustained Earth observations and information’. He provided an overview of GEO and GEOSS and a description of some of the related work being done both in Canada and abroad. Anna Pacheco of AAFC presented the workshop overview, objectives and desired outcomes, opening with a quotation from Dr. Robert H. Goddard: “It is difficult <strong>to</strong> say what is impossible, for the dream of yesterday is the hope of <strong>to</strong>day and the reality of <strong>to</strong>morrow.” She observed that the Agriculture community has not yet had a strong and coordinated voice with respect <strong>to</strong> their EO requirements, and only through such coordination that the community can make the most effective use of existing resources, and influence the next generation of technologies. She proposed that we must strive <strong>to</strong> get the technology and the methods that are proven in<strong>to</strong> the hands of the broad agriculture community. This workshop with its various sessions will provide one step <strong>to</strong>wards these goals. 3
International GEO Workshop on <strong>SAR</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>Support</strong> <strong>Agricultural</strong> Moni<strong>to</strong>ring Jai Singh Parihar of Indian Space Applications Centre presented the GEO <strong>Agricultural</strong> Moni<strong>to</strong>ring Community of Practice. He outlined that the reasons <strong>to</strong> moni<strong>to</strong>r world agriculture are: • Early Warning of Harvest Shortfalls or Abundance • Famine Early Warning for food insecure countries • Help moni<strong>to</strong>r market supply and demand - National <strong>Agricultural</strong> Production Moni<strong>to</strong>ring (Area Planted, Crop Condition, Yield) • Moni<strong>to</strong>ring of <strong>Agricultural</strong> Land Use Change (Cropland expansion, intensification, abandonment, change in crop type and cropping practices). Dr. Parihar introduced Chris Justice from University of Maryland, Co-Chair of the Global <strong>Agricultural</strong> Moni<strong>to</strong>ring (AG-07-03) task, and Jinlong Fan from the GEO Secretariat who both made brief remarks. Dr. Parihar defined Communities of Practice (CoP) as “<strong>Group</strong>s of people who share a concern, a set of problems, or a passion about a <strong>to</strong>pic by interacting on an ongoing basis” [Cultivating Communities of Practice, Harvard Business School Press, 2002]. He also presented the GEO <strong>Agricultural</strong> Moni<strong>to</strong>ring Task (Ag 0703); the near term task initiatives are: • Initiative 1: A Multi-source Production, Acreage and Yield (PAY) database • Initiative 2: Joint Experiments on Crop Assessment and Moni<strong>to</strong>ring (JECAM) • Initiative 3: Coordinated Data Initiatives for Global <strong>Agricultural</strong> Moni<strong>to</strong>ring (CDIGAM) • Initiative 4: GLAMSS Thematic Workshop Series (GTWS) • Initiative 5: Agriculture and Climate Change (initiative in development). Dr. Parihar presented the growth stages of a CoP and showed where he thinks this CoP is in maturity, as indicated by the vertical line in Figure 1. Bradley Doorn of NASA presented ‘Developing Agriculture Moni<strong>to</strong>ring Requirements and Recognizing the Earth Observation Gaps’. He indicated that NASA is giving away high volumes of data <strong>to</strong> foster discovery that will ultimately lead <strong>to</strong> societal benefits. He proposed that requirements for the community should be defined by category, including: • frequency, • latency, • accessibility, • spatial completeness, • relevance, • confidence, and • longevity in how these effect agriculture management and policy decisions. We must first ask “Why are the decisions needed and how are decisions made now?” He identified requirement gaps in confidence, completeness, frequency and relevance, citing examples of the critical indica<strong>to</strong>rs of vegetation health, soil moisture and vegetation type. 4
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