1. Session: Food Security and Sustainable AgricultureExpected
Session Outcomes:
Update on the implementation of AfriGEOSS Agriculture Monitoring (AfriGAM) initiative
Understanding of available data and systems for food security
Contribution and value of EO based systems for supporting food security related policies

2. Session: Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture
George Chirima & Terry Newby Agricultural Research Council (ARC),
South Africa
2nd AfriGEOSS symposium Ghana

3. AfriGAM A joint activity of two GEO initiatives GEOGLAM AfriGEOSS
Conceived at 1st AfriGEOSS Symposium

4. Why AfriGAM?-BIG Challenges
Volatility in production (climatic conditions)
Lack of capital investments (small-scale farmers)
65% labour in Africa is involved in Agriculture
Agricultural issues are linked to broader environment issues (water, land degradation, deforestation, poverty)
Soils can be good But not optimally managed
Africa is no stranger from natural disasters
EO technologies are there

5. Why AfriGAM?-BIG Challenges
Despite challenges Food Production needs to increase by 70% by 2050
Information and Food Security Intelligence is needed to facilitate removal of bottle necks and reduce risks =Optimization

6. Information and Food Security Intelligence
An area estimation system (Crop Area)
A crop type identification system
A yield estimation system
Risk assessments
An information distribution or access system

7. Challenges with scale GLOBAL EFFORTS EARLY WARNING CROP MONITOR
28 Feb 2016
28 March 2016
Challenges with scale

8. JECAM
Develop monitoring and reporting protocols and best practices for a variety of global agricultural systems.
8 sites in Africa

9. AfriGAM ’s location in GEO

10. AfriGAM Purpose Generate Food Security Intelligence
Co-ordinate Agriculture monitoring in Africa
Share cutting edge technologies
Mutual capacity development

11. Leverage: Sentinel 2 Open source Crop mask Crop type Phenology
Validation in process
Works in Africa (Mali, SA, Madagascar)

12. Inventory of current operational methodologies in Africa
AfriGAM organisation
Implementation Partners:
South Africa, Kenya, Zimbabwe
CIRAD, Univ. of Maryland
Secretariat: (South Africa)
Intern (South Africa DST)
Inventory of Bulletins
Inventory of current operational methodologies in Africa

13. Thank you!