GEOGLAM and UN Sustainable Development Goals

GEOGLAM Objectives To strengthen the international community’s capacity to produce & disseminate relevant, timely and accurate information & forecasts on agricultural production at national, regional & global scales, through reinforced use of Earth Observations 2/9

Crop Monitor for Early Warning GEOGLAM Crop Monitors Crop Monitor for AMIS & Crop Monitor for Early Warning AMIS: Agricultural Market Information System, a G20 initiative Crop Monitor for AMIS (Corn, Maize, Rice, Soybeans) Crop Monitor for Early Warning End of August 2016 – 4-Crop Conditions End of August 2016 Maize Conditions 1 new condition «Failure» 3 more drivers Pest & Disease Socio-Political Delayed Onset 3/9

GEOGLAM Crop Monitors & Economics Information Asymmetry (IA) Theory IA Definition: study of decisions in transactions where one party has more or better information than the other IA consequences: transactions going sometimes awry, with in worst cases market failure From 1970, series of IA papers by Akerlof, by Spence and by Stiglitz 2001: Nobel Price in Economics awarded to Akerlof, Spence & Stiglitz GEOGLAM and Information (a)symmetry By producing & openly disseminating relevant, timely and accurate information and forecasts on agricultural production… … GEOGLAM contributes to an efficient functioning of markets. 4/9

SD Goal 2 “End Hunger” Target 2.c informed by Crop Monitors Adopt measures to ensure the proper functioning of food commodity markets and their derivatives and facilitate timely access to market information, including on food reserves, in order to help limit extreme food price volatility End of August 2016 Crop Conditions By producing & openly disseminating relevant, timely and accurate information and forecasts on agricultural production… … GEOGLAM fully contributes to SDG Target 2.c 5/9

SDG Target 2.1 2.1 By 2030, end hunger and ensure access by all people, in particular the poor and people in vulnerable situations, including infants, to safe, nutritious and sufficient food all year round GEOGLAM is… Contributing to our understanding of what is being cultivated when and where, and provides objective and repeatable outlooks for production (and its anomalies) in advance of harvests --> e.g. through production tracking, potentially countries with different calendars could see what's being cultivated and adjust guidance Potential biomass departure, Apr-Jul 2015 China CropWatch (CAS-RADI) 6/9

SDG Target 2.3 2.3 By 2030, double the agricultural productivity and incomes of small-scale food producers, in particular women, indigenous peoples, family farmers, pastoralists and fishers, including through secure and equal access to land, other productive resources and inputs, knowledge, financial services, markets and opportunities for value addition and non-farm employment Information asymetry in case of droughts in neighbouring regions: agricultural traders know, small-holder farmers don’t… GEOGLAM Crop Monitor for Early Warning has potential to contribute to an increase of income of small-scale food producers, in particular women, indigenous peoples, family farmers by providing them with necessary info on neighbouring droughts to negotiate better prices from agricultural traders --> e.g. through production tracking, potentially countries with different calendars could see what's being cultivated and adjust guidance 7/9

SDG Target 2.a 2.a Increase investment, including through enhanced international cooperation, in agricultural research and extension services, technology development (…) in order to enhance agricultural productive capacity in developing countries, in particular least developed countries.  GEOGLAM is… Facilitating international coordination and collaboration around improving early warning of crop failure & strengthening food security. GEOGLAM Crop Monitor for Early Warning Monthly international consensus reporting on productivity outlooks in developing countries GEOGLAM is… Coordinating EO-based agricultural research under a global framework Joint Experiment on Crop Assessment and Monitoring 8/9

SDG Target 2.4 2.4 By 2030, ensure sustainable food production systems and implement resilient agricultural practices that increase productivity and production, that help maintain ecosystems, that strengthen capacity for adaptation to climate change, extreme weather, drought, flooding and other disasters and that progressively improve land and soil quality. GEOGLAM is… Coordinating international research & development activities on finding pathways toward long-term sustainable agriculture. Enhancing capacity to assess interannual variability in cultivation practices and their impacts on cropland productivity & on the environment. Investigating sustainable cropland management practices. Fostering South-South transfer through capacity development workshops and partnerships. 9/9