1. Ernest Nti Acheampong African Technology Policy Studies Network (ATPS)

2. 1) Background 2) The Land-Potential Knowledge System Project 3) LandInfo App 4) LandInfo as a statistical tool 5) Pilot - Kenya and Namibia 2 Presentation Outline

3. Agricultural Production and Land Management in Africa  Challenges:  rapidly growing population; land degradation;  soil erosion; declining soil fertility and  climate change  Available Land must  Produce more food and pasture  Maintain environmental quality and  Maintain the natural resources base Rethink current land use mechanisms  Increase agricultural growth due to land expansion rather than increase productivity

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5. A suite of integrated mobile apps connected to cloud-based analytics and user-accessible cloud storage that allows users to: access, share and interpret global knowledge and information relevant to the unique potential of a piece of land. 5

6.  The LandInfo App allows users to capture point-specific data about soil characteristics such as: ◦ Soil water, ◦ Soil texture ◦ Climate factors such temperature, rainfall, ◦ and growing season length 6

7. 7 Land Potential Knowledge System (LandPKS) Land-Potential Knowledge System

8. 8 LandInfo App for Data Collection and Analysis

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11. 11 Data Portal Home Screen External site pulls up map display of all plots in system User login – agree to data policy

12. 12 Export LandInfo and LandCover Data Search by recorder name (email) or xport all plots in the system Metadata available as separate files Export as.csv file or data visualization in Google Shiny (R powered)

13. 13 Data output as.csv file Includes all user-provided data, climate, soils, and topography predictions

14. 14 Data Visualization in Google Shiny (R-powered) Basic graphical displays of monitoring indicators (bare ground, foliar cover, plant composition, gap %, species density)

15. KenyaNamibia Northern Rangelands Trust (NRT) and its associated Conservancies Initial focus: identifying and prioritizing areas for restoration of perennial grasses and monitoring for livestock and wildlife Ministry of Lands and Resettlement Initial focus: improving understanding of livestock carrying capacity + crop production potential of resettlement areas.

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