Task AG-01 GEO Work Plan Symposium 2014 TASK AG-01 Michel Deshayes, GEO, GEOGLAM Coordinator for the Agricultural Community of Practice

Task AG-01 Task AG-01 Recent Progress and Key 2014 Outputs Task AG-01: quick history – July 2007, Rome: GEO AgMon* Workshop to develop a strategy for global agricultural monitoring in the framework of GEO – : Thematic GEO AgMon Workshops (Ispra, Beijing, Kananaskis..) – 2011: G20 Ministers of Agriculture decide the creation of AMIS & GEOGLAM, to fight volatility of food prices – 2012: Preparing and prototyping the monthly GEOGLAM global Crop Outlook – 2013: Starting monthly delivery of Global Crop outlook… AgMon* : Agricultural Monitoring Key 2014 Ouput

Task AG-01 GEOGLAM Activities 3 Pillars + 3 Cross Cutting Components StakeholdersGovernmentsAMISFAO 6. Data, products and INFORMATION DISSEMINATION 5. METHOD IMPROVEMENT through R&D coordination (JECAM) 4. EO DATA COORDINATION

Task AG-01 GEOGLAM Activities Main Pillar #1 activities – Crop Monitor: Coordinated Global Crop Assessments (4 main crops, ~30 main producers) Monthly operational report to AMIS (G-20 Agricultural Market Information System, with secretariat hosted at FAO ) Synthesizes monitoring activities and provides consensus global crop assessments (Coordinated by UMD with NASA support) Participating Agencies include: – USDA NASS ( National Agricultural Statistics Service ) & FAS ( Foreign Agricultural Service ) – EC-JRC MARS ( Monitoring Agricultural Resources ) & Agri4Cast ( Agricultural Forecasts ) – China: RADI-CAS CropWatch – Russia VEGA ( Satellite based service for vegetation monitoring) – India: FASAL ( Forecasting Agriculture using Space, Agro-met. & Land based observations ) & NADAMS ( National Agricultural Drought Assessment & Monitoring System) – Canada: NCMS ( National Crop Monitoring System )… – Brazil: CONAB GeoSafras – Japan + ASEAN + China + India : ASIA-RiCE project – Other countries: Australia, Mexico, Argentina, South Africa…

Task AG-01 GEOGLAM activities Main Pillar #2 – Capacity Building – On-going national projects Argentina (INTA - UMD - NASA) Pakistan (CRS – SUPARCO – FAO - UMD – NASA) Ukraine (IKD – HydroMet - EC) South Africa (NEOSS – ARS)… Main Pillar #3 – Countries at Risk – On-going international monitoring Projects FAO GIEWS ( Global Information & Early Warning System ) US FEWSNET ( Famine Early Warning System ) EC MARS Food Security Bulletins China CropWatch Drought & Food security activities… Cross Cutting Component R&D – JECAM – Objective: to reach a convergence of approaches, develop monitoring & reporting protocols and best practices for a variety of global agricultural systems –About 40 test-sites on all continents!

Task AG-01 Present use of EO data in GEOGLAM projects EO data for Pillar #1 – Global Crop Monitoring – GEOGLAM Monthly Crop Monitor Wheat, Maize, Soy – Use of low resolution optical data (MODIS), together with Met data (GCOM-W, TRMM…) and with moderate resolution crop type masks – CEOS data used to-date : Optical Low Res, Optical Moderate Res » Future: sampled optical high resolution ; microwave SAR Rice – Rice regions: China, India, South-East Asia (90% world prod. & consumption) – Rice monitoring, using AgroMet data (GCOM-W, TRMM…) & local experts »Asian collaborative network, coordinated by JAXA (S. Sobue) – CEOS data used to-date : Optical Low Res. (OLR) ; microwave SAR ( just starting ) – Other crop monitoring activities Generally multi-source information: – Low (MODIS), Moderate (Landsat TM), High Resolution (RapidEye etc) optical data, AgroMet data, field tours, expertise… – CEOS data used : Optical Low Res. (OLR), Mod Res. (OMR), High Res. (OHR)

Task AG-01 C#1 – Crop Monitor – AMIS countries

Task AG-01 Production & Exports of AMIS members Wheat production 2012 – 2014 average Maize production 2012 – 2014 average Soybean production 2012 – 2014 average Wheat Exports 2012 – 2014 average Maize Exports 2012 – 2014 average Soybean Exports 2012 – 2014 average Rice Exports 2012 – 2014 average

Task AG-01 October November December September Operational GEOGLAM Global Crop Condition Assessments published monthly within the G-20 AMIS Market Monitor Bulletin GEOGLAM Crop Monitor in AMIS Market Monitor

Task AG-01 Present use of EO data in GEOGLAM projects EO data for Pillar #2 – Capacity Building – National CB projects based on: Optical Low (MODIS), Moderate (TM), High (Spot, RapidEye) resolution data, together with AgroMet info, used in Crop Yield Forecast Models, with local experts –Argentina, Ukraine, Morocco, South Africa, Ethiopia… –CEOS data : optical low / medium / high resolution (Free-of-Charge + Commercial) ASIA-RiCE project, a multi-national rice- monitoring project: –for 8 ASEAN countries, with JAXA coordination & participation of India & China –CEOS : from Autumn 2013, use of SAR data (Scan à HiPrec. modes) for national & sub-natl Crop area assessment & Crop yield forecast, obt. Through CEOS EO data for Pillar #3 – Countries at Risk – Early Warning Systems based on: Multi-source information: AgroMet & Optical Low Resolution data, moderate and high resolution + expertise

Task AG-01 Training Workshops Component#2-Capacity Building ex. Pakistan: Strengthening Provincial Capacity (collaboration between USDA, FAO, SUPARCO, CRS Pakistan, & UMD)

Task AG-01 Component #4 – EO data coordination with CEOS Continued exchanges with CEOS – in particular with CEOS GEOGLAM Adhoc Group, re. definition of EO data needs for GEOGLAM components Present situation: – Global Crop Outlook: Free and open access to MODIS and Landsat data – Main specific data deliveries to JECAM sites ( HR & VHR optical, SAR ) – Recent delivery of SAR data over South-East Asia (ASIA-RiCE) Wish of more rapid access to SAR data Wish of EO data exchange between JECAM partners – JECAM project: definition of minimum EO and in situ data sets to maximise cross-cooperation between JECAM sites

Task AG-01 Component #5 – R&D -JECAM JECAM – Joint Experiment of Crop Assessment and Monitoring – pre-existing to GEOGLAM, now the R&D compoent of GEOGLAM Objective: –to reach a convergence of approaches, develop monitoring & reporting protocols and best practices for a variety of global agricultural systems Present status – about 40 test-sites on all continents! – 2013 Annual Report just published – 2014 JECAM Science workshop, Ottawa, July New projects – EU-FP7 SIGMA project ( ): 27 partners (EU, Russia, Ukraine, China, Ethiopia..) – ESA Sentinel-for-Agriculture ( ) – Ex. AgMon for 2 African countries

Task AG CEOS Support - JECAM Data Requests (2013)

Task AG-01 Task AG-01 Existing and Potential Cross-Task Activities Link with Task WE-01 High-impact Weather Prediction & Information – Medium term Weather Prediction: use of El Niño forecasts to intensify monitoring over potentially affected regions (Countries at risk) – Short term Weather Information: confirmation (explanation) of NDVI anomalies with weather events (droughts, frost, floods..) – Cf. Agro-Met models for yield forecast Link with Task SB-02 – Global Land Cover – Crop masks, parts of global/regional Land Covers – Potential of synergy cf. differences between different Land Cover sets

Task AG-01 Differences in Cropland Extent MODIS - GlobCover Fritz and See, 2008

Task AG-01 Task AG-01 Evidence of the Use of Task-related Systems, Datasets, Information Products, and Services Cf. GEOGLAM Crop Monitor Assessment Interface

Task AG-01 Enables comparison among relevant datasets (global, regional and national), by crop type and accounting for crop calendars; enables crop condition labeling and commenting to reflect national expert assessments GEOGLAM Crop Monitor Assessment Interface 18/35

Task AG-01 Progress on Data Sharing Sharing of regional crop masks – Cf. Crop masks for EU 28 for Wheat, Maize and Rice (JRC, April 2014)