1. Global Agricultural Monitoring
Ian Jarvis, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Soon to be…
GEOGLAM Secretariat
Side Event: GEOGLOWS and the Harmonization of GEO Water Activities

2. Mission / Objectives and Goals
G20 Agriculture Ministers Policy Mandate. Improved information on agricultural production to reduce the volatility of commodity markets and support early warning in food insecure regions
Objectives
To strengthen the international community’s capacity to produce & disseminate relevant, timely and accurate information & forecasts on agricultural production at national, regional & global scales, through reinforced use of Earth Observations

3. GEOGLAM Actors GEOGLAM Community of Practice
Open Community made up of international and national agencies concerned with agricultural monitoring including Ministries of Ag, Space agencies, Universities, & Industry
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4. Geographical Scope Methodology Text text text
Project Governance Structure
Community of practice (best effort-common interest), now transitioning to more formal structure

5. Significant achievements in 2016-2017
Monthly crop monitor - Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS)
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Joint Experiments for Crop Assessment and Monitoring (JECAM)
Achievement
Early Warning Crop Monitor - Food in-secure nation
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Asian Rice Crop Estimation & Monitoring (AsiaRiCE)

6. Plans and Deliverables for 2018-2019
Establish more quantitative metrics related to crop production
Move beyond current state monitoring to look at within season forecasts and monitoring the changes in agricultural distribution and production through time (i.e. SDG’s and Climate Change Impacts)
Strengthen the transition from Research to Operations for crop monitoring at the national level: look for mechanisms to accelerate the transfer of R&D
Represent the observation needs of the Community of Practice e.g. CEOS EO requirements for agriculture for , promote international virtual constellation for agriculture
Provide a cloud-based, GEOGLAM collaborative community for data management and analytics
Develop a Knowledge Management System (KMS) to hold contributory project results (tools, best practices, data products, etc.)

7. Plans for cross SBA linkages and SDG support
Links to other SBAs or initiatives
Many linkages. One area of potential collaboration with the water community is around surface soil moisture and evapotranspiration-Evaporative Stress Indicies
Contributions to SDGs
Communication Challenge: SDG metrics to date have been defined primarily by the statistical community. Little direct interaction between GEOGLAM and the SDG’s at the global, regional or national level.
Challenges and Issues:
Current State: Metrics are largely qualitative assessments of growing conditions based on science based agro-climate and remote sensing information integrated with human observation
GEOGLOWS and the Harmonization of
GEO Water Activities

8. Ian.jarvis@agr.gc.ca (until November 10)
Thank You
(until November 10)