1. GEOGLAM Work Program Activities
Potential Contributions Towards the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals

2. GEOGLAM Has the Potential to Contribute Multiple Goals
Monitoring, Measuring

3. GEOGLAM Already Contributes to Achieving Some Targets
October, 2018
Information for
Commodity Markets
GEOGLAM already contributes to the goals by providing information that helps stabilize markets
Target 2c: Adopt measures to ensure the proper functioning of food commodity markets and their derivatives and facilitate timely access to market information…
amis-outlook.org

4. GEOGLAM Already Contributes to Achieving Some Targets
Early Warning for
Food Security
User Community
Beyond the major commodity crops, GEOGLAM monitors regionally important food crops monthly to provide early warning in regions susceptible to food insecurity
Target 2.1 by 2030 end hunger and ensure access by all people
cropmonitor.org
October 2018

5. GEOGLAM – Information Fueling Proactive Response
EO to Support timely Food Security Response in Karamoja Uganda, 2017
GEOGLAM Crop Monitor
August 2017 for Uganda
By May 2017 it was evident from the Ugandan crop monitor that there was a high likelihood of widespread crop failure due to drought
The early warning provided by Earth observations were able to give the government time to mitigate loss and damage
Satellite data triggered the Disaster Risk Financing (DRF) fund to scale-up public works projects in Karamoja, Uganda, off-setting agricultural losses by supporting 31,386 households - roughly 150,000 people
“In the past we always reacted to crop failure, spending billions of shillings to provide food aid in the region was the first time we acted proactively because we had clear evidence from satellite data very early in the season”
Martin Owor, Commissioner Office of the Prime Minister (OPM)

6. The Science Challenge – Supporting SDG Indicators (the easy part)
It is clear GEOGLAM is already contributing information that is helping to achieve the SDG’s
However, to support indicators GEOGLAM needs to move towards more quantitative operational monitoring over multiple time scales. We do this by focusing on the development of Essential Agricultural Variables (EAV’s) to address the expanding policy needs
From a practical standpoint the concept of EAV’s is at a minimum a useful communication device, at best it allows us to reduce complexity when faced with multiple needs, focus our activities, and communicate our outputs in a way that supports coordination with other domains
GEOGLAM Can Contribute to Multiple Goals

7. The Institutional Challenge – Supporting SDG Indicators (the hard part)
Communication Challenge
GEOGLAM: Monitoring State and Change
in the Agricultural Landscape with Earth Observations
2009
2015
SDG metrics to date have been defined primarily by the statistical community
Little direct interaction between GEOGLAM and the custodians at the Global or National levels
EO uptake has been generally slow by statistical agencies
Little understanding about what EO can offer, need for open dialogue

8. EO4SDG’s can help bridge the gap!
The Institutional Challenge – Supporting SDG Indicators (the hard part)
Communication
Challenge
GEOGLAM: Monitoring State and Change
in the Agricultural Landscape with Earth Observations
In order to rise to the challenge it is clear we need a way to integrate our work with that of others, reduce complexity, and engage the SDG custodians and the national policy communities
EO4SDG’s can help bridge the gap!
2009
2015
SDG metrics to date have been defined primarily by the statistical community
Little direct interaction between GEOGLAM and the custodians at the Global or National levels
EO uptake has been generally slow by statistical agencies
Little understanding about what EO can offer, need for open dialogue

9. Ian Jarvis : ijarvis@geosec.org
How Do I Join?
GEOGLAM is an open community. All are welcome, just get involved!
Ian Jarvis :
So just to conclude… If you are not already formally involved in GEOGLAM we welcome your interest. We see the evolution of DBAR-Agri as a major contribution to GEOGLAM, so I guess by extension you are already involved. So best of luck, we look forward to seeing how your contribution will help further our vision for global agricultural monitoring.
Thank you!