April 28-29, 2015 at Hotel Serena, Islamabad International Conference on Innovative Agricultural Financing April 28-29, 2015 at Hotel Serena, Islamabad Day 1 – Tuesday 28 April 2015  Session B: Digital platforms in building data-ecosystem for agri-finance Crop Information Portal Agriculture Information System Building Provincial Capacity for Crop Forecasting and Estimation Mr. Muhammad Iftikhar Bhatti General Manager (RS & GIS), SUPARCO

Background The Crop Information Portal is a component of the Agriculture Information System (AIS) of Pakistan. The AIS project concerns the improvement of the capacity of provincial governments to timely collect, analyze and report on agricultural information. The Portal allows WEB users to access the historical archive and the latest produced crop and agro- meteorological data, integrated with satellite based information into a GIS like environment. http://dwms.fao.org/~test/

Factsheet Major crops currently included are: wheat (RABI) maize, sugarcane, rice and cotton (KHARIF) Crop data: area, production, yield (annual) Agro-met indicators: 10 day averages for max and min temp, precipitations, daylight length and NDVI Spatial resolution: district, province and country Temporal extent: 1999-current date Outputs: maps, charts, tables, reports

Factsheet Implemented by FAO, SUPARCO and USDA Based on open source technologies and international geospatial standards Web graphical interface for generic users interaction Web graphical interface (login) for administrators managing data and running processes Currently, one national instance at SUPARCO and 2 provincial instances at Lahore (CRS Punjab) and Karachi (CRS Sindh)

Portal Main User Interface

Portal modules Crop Data Explorer: set filters, area of interest and time period and produce outputs such as tables, charts and choropleth maps Agro-Meteorological Data Explorer: set filters to extract statistics on variables such as temperature, precipitation, decadal NDVI, etc..) as data or charts Crop Health Status: agromet variables compared to the requirements of a selected crop in a selected growing season Map Composer: WEB mapping application based on International standards allowing local or remote datasets to be displayed and analyzed in a GIS like environment

Example of use Task: chart annual trend of wheat data in 3 districts of Punjab Crop data can be retrieved and analyzed using the graphic interface on the left. The system allows users to:   Select output type Generate time-series charts (Chart) Filter available crops by season (Rabi) Select area of interest Type: Group of District (from list or by clicking on map) Identify crop of interest (wheat) Select time interval for the averaging (2000-2012) Select Units of Measure (default) RESULTS

Example of use Task: chart annual trend of wheat data in 3 districts of Punjab

Examples of Outputs

Main Benefits One shop access to historical data on annual crop production, harvested area and yield and seasonal trend of agro-met variables Harmonization of data currently scattered at national and local institutions, in various formats and units Improvement in data management Standardization, minor effort in data merging and reduction of errors Improvement in data access Ability to easily generate customized charts, maps and reports based on subsets of data stored in primary DB Improvement in CRS’s regular crop reporting Custom charts and maps can be generated and extracted for a rapid enrichment of monthly bulletins with ancillary data

FAO and SUPARCO organized a two week training workshop in Islamabad: Training Workshop on Crop Information Portal and GeoNetwork software. 20-31 Jan 2014. FAO and SUPARCO organized a two week training workshop in Islamabad: Jan 20-23: Administrating the Crop Information Portal Jan 24-27: Using the Crop Information Portal Jan 28-31: GeoNetwork opensource software Nineteen experts from Crop Reporting Services of Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Baluchistan; from the Agriculture Universities of Tandojam and Faisalabad and from SUPARCO

Up coming Updates Based on user feedback, collected during trainings and workshops the portal is being enhanced to incorporate the following dataset and functionalities Main groups of updates are: Filtering: Scalable charting and user defined data seasonal limits for Agromet/NDVI data. Data: Include data on fertilizers, irrigation water and market prices; also, include alternative crop data estimates. Charting: Compare alternative areas or crops in one chart; the choice of different chart types (lines, bars, pies etc..); the choice of user defined units of measure (e.g. acres for areas), and more. These updates will be implemented by the end September 2015. Such development is currently on going. The next slides summarize some of the most exciting updates The finalization of this second version of the Portal is estimated for the end of May 2015.

Alternative Chart Types Combination of types and rendering Comparison of different areas for a selected crop Stacking data

Alternative Chart Types Combination of types and rendering Comparison of different areas for a selected crop Stacking data

Alternative Chart Types Combination of types and rendering Comparison of different areas for a selected crop Stacking data

Combined Agro-met Variables Combined chart on 12 months time range

map of 2010 harvested area with rice Improved Mapping map of 2010 harvested area with rice Map selected year Map Average selected period Map Anomalies

map of 2008-2012 average production for wheat Improved Mapping Map selected year Map Average selected period Map Anomalies map of 2008-2012 average production for wheat

map of 2012 minus average 1999-2012 area for sugarcane Improved Mapping map of 2012 minus average 1999-2012 area for sugarcane Map selected year Map Average selected period Map Anomalies

Annual summaries per province (*) Improved data content Fertilizers consumption Water discharge Market prices Additional sources of crop data Annual summaries per province (*) (*) Currently, the database is empty except for few records used to test

Monthly data per District (*) Improved data content Fertilizers consumption Water discharge Market prices Additional sources of crop data Monthly data per District (*) (*) Currently, the database is empty except for few records used to test (only Nitrogen, 5 months in 2011)

Modules under construction as we speak Improved data content Fertilizers consumption Water discharge Market prices Additional sources of crop data Modules under construction as we speak

Crop Information Portal Agriculture Information System Building Provincial Capacity for Crop Forecasting and Estimation Thank you Mr. Muhammad Iftikhar Bhatti General Manager (RS & GIS), SUPARCO