Ian Jarvis JECAM Coordination Earth Observation Service, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada JECAM Update and the Migration/Support for GEO-GLAM Geneva, January 18, 2012

JECAM Update First round of CEOS-JECAM data acquisition planning in place. Data flowing to sites (Paraguay and Argentina) Sent out request for acquisition needs remainder of sites in December (sensors, crop calendar, quantity). Some response, currently following up with the sites. Next steps –Develop COVE acquisition reports (NASA) –Develop data agreements with data providers (JECAM site leads) –Data acquisition and transfer (early growing season Two New sites added (Russia and Ukraine) Website Redesign underway (February completion) –Easily maintained and updated –Sites will have the option of managing their own content –Will handle different types of information (i.e. S. African site has a webcam) Next step for JECAM is to migrate to GEO-GLAM national capacity building

GEO-GLAM-JECAM Will Support: An increased number of countries with the capacity to produce a minimum set of core data on crop acreage, condition and yield Increased number of skilled staff & expert users Increased harmonization between national approaches GEO-GLAM-JECAM will achieve this through the following actions: 1.Capacity building for countries at risk 1.Addressed by Jai and Gary and Jim 2.JECAM Regional Workshops and regional Meetings 3.Collaborative Studies 4.Documentation of standards and best practices to support the development of the system of systems for agriculture

JECAM Regional Workshops and Regional Meetings Starting in 2012, one annual global JECAM meeting will be held. It would involve all sites Meetings would consist of: –Business meeting, site updates –Thematic meeting –Potential side meetings with GEO-GLAM partners (i.e. CEOS data needs working group) We would continue to have regional meetings where opportunities exist Notional budget for meetings $100k/yr logisitcs and travel support for some sites

Collaborative Studies Develop cross-cutting research-to-operational studies that enguage multiple sites In most cases these will support standards and best practice development priorities Along with standards and BP’s, studies should inform and set priorities for JECAM thematic meetings Notional budget $350-$400k/yr to fund studies through a competitive process

Documentation of standards and best practices to support the development of the system of systems for agriculture Possible Priority Areas: Scaling up local/district monitoring to produce national, regional and global monitoring (statistical sampling frameworks?) Validation standards and uncertainty analysis Development of monitoring best practices and standards (building on work already completed) –In situ data collection and minimum datasets –Optical methods –SAR methods –Level 2, level 4 data product standards (link to coordination of satellite data working group) Would link-inform priorities for thematic workshops where standards-BP documentation would be the outcome of the meeting Notional budget $50k/yr for support