Capacity Building to support GEONETCast Applications

Ben Maathuis, WRS

GEO Institutions and Development Implementation BoardCapacity Building Session

18 September 2014

Free / open access to (near real time) data

Free / open source software tools

Support to training: Building networks and supporting academia Execute trainings and provision of relevant

training materials Engage in long term training effort:

Through role of capacity developer in various projects

Through development of relevant applications (e.g. food security) with user community

Effective Capacity Building requires:

Currently: GEONETCast data dissemination Lot of free resources online

Near future: SPOT Heritage Sentinel missions, e.g. Sentinel-2 (L1, L2 and L3

data) Other new missions, e.g. CBERS / MTG / EPS SG

How do we get the data to the user community!

Free / open access to (near real time) data

Currently many tools freely available ITC supports ILWIS Long track record All generic routines included Freely available – ILWIS community @ 52N

GEO-GEOSS-GEONETCast Strategic Initiative at ITC ILWIS Toolbox Plug-in development

Various toolbox plug-ins More data and application oriented Freely available – EO community @ 52N

Free / open source software tools

Toolbox plug-in examples

Free / open source software tools

Building networks and supporting academia

Support to training

GeoS-NetAfrica GeoS-NetAfrica: African Experts Network for Environmental

Monitoring - Surveillance

GeoS-NetAfrica was established on Nov. 2012 during a regional

GEONETCast AGRICAB workshop in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)

Main objective: To contribute to strengthening capacities and to

create platforms for the acquisition, harmonization, valorization and

sharing of geo-spatial data for decision-making related to

environmental monitoring in Africa

Building networks and supporting academia

Support to training

Also at universities in a number of other countries in Africa, Latin America and South East Asia

Supporting regional centres and professional organizations

Support to training

INKOMATI – USUTHU CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT AGENCY

Both software and tools related as well as application oriented

Provision of training materials

Online: http://www.itc.nl/Pub/WRS/WRS-GEONETCast

Through projects also play the role of capacity developer

Execute trainings

CMACast components donated by CMA

Training includes systemsetup & data management

Example recent training event at CPTEC-INPE

Support other training events

Development of Applications with user community

About 130 processing routines and EUMETCast Data Manager

GEONETCast Reception Stations at 11 Branch offices and Headquarter of NMA

• Offers a geodata-driven risk-mitigation (insurance) product• Targets smallholder farmers

in Ethiopia (80% < 0.5ha)• Aims to boost purchase

of agricultural inputs

Business Deal FarmersFarmers can statistically expect each 10-years indemnity payments that equal paid insurance premiumsMonetary: Value-Cost ratios are high

Business Deal KifiyaCharges very small transaction costs, that, multiplied by no.of annual transactions, pays for costs and creates profit expectations

G4AW: Geodata for Innovative Agricultural Credit Insurance Schemes

• Protects farmers against shocks caused by weather related perils• Uses branchless banking technology• Makes the insured credit package (bundled) locally available• Is aligned to the rural finance strategy (RFS) program, managed by ATA• Is a systematic synergetic approach:

• provides financial inclusion• promotes agricultural investment• brokers sustainable production methods• provides risk transfer tools

Expected ImpactIncrease in yields: 25%Increase in income: 15%

The 3 year targetHouseholds reached: 7.2mAdopting households: 1.6mIndirect beneficiaries: 7.0m

RFS program: Credit SchemeState bank guaranteed capital: 400m $Must be managed as ‘revolving fund’Farmers must remain able to pay-back

Future activities Granted ‘MESA Training’ contract, continental

training on geo-information for Africa

Involved in ‘GMES and Africa Water Service’, hope to play a role in this future programme as well

Thanks for your attention

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