Task AG-01

GEO Work Plan Symposium 2014

TASK AG-01

Michel Deshayes, GEO, GEOGLAM Coordinatorfor the Agricultural Community of Practice

Task AG-01Task AG-01 Recent Progress and Key 2014 Outputs

• Task AG-01: quick history– July 2007, Rome: GEO AgMon* Workshop to develop a strategy for

global agricultural monitoring in the framework of GEO– 2008-2010: Thematic GEO AgMon Workshops (Ispra, Beijing,

Kananaskis..)– 2011: G20 Ministers of Agriculture decide the creation of AMIS

& GEOGLAM, to fight volatility of food prices– 2012: Preparing and prototyping the monthly GEOGLAM global

Crop Outlook– 2013: Starting monthly delivery of Global Crop outlook…

AgMon* : Agricultural Monitoring

Key 2014 Ouput

Task AG-01GEOGLAM Activities3 Pillars + 3 Cross Cutting Components

1. GLOBAL/ REGIONAL SYSTEM OF SYSTEMS

Main producer countries, main crops

2. NATIONAL CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT

for agricultural monitoring using Earth Observation

3. MONITORING COUNTRIES AT RISK

Food security assessment

Stakeholders Governments AMIS FAO

6. Data, products and INFORMATION DISSEMINATION

5. METHOD IMPROVEMENT through R&D coordination (JECAM)

4. EO DATA COORDINATION

Agricultural Expertise

(GEO CoP, FAO)

MeteorologicalExpertise(WMO)

Earth ObservationExpertise (CEOS)

Satellite / ground data / models

Task AG-01GEOGLAM Activities • Main Pillar #1 activities

– Crop Monitor: Coordinated Global Crop Assessments (4 main crops, ~30 main producers) • Monthly operational report to AMIS (G-20 Agricultural Market Information System, with

secretariat hosted at FAO)• Synthesizes monitoring activities and provides consensus global crop assessments

(Coordinated by UMD with NASA support)• Participating Agencies include:

– USDA NASS (National Agricultural Statistics Service) & FAS (Foreign Agricultural Service)– EC-JRC MARS (Monitoring Agricultural Resources) & Agri4Cast (Agricultural Forecasts)– China: RADI-CAS CropWatch – Russia VEGA (Satellite based service for vegetation monitoring)– India: FASAL (Forecasting Agriculture using Space, Agro-met. & Land based observations)

& NADAMS (National Agricultural Drought Assessment & Monitoring System)

– Canada: NCMS (National Crop Monitoring System)…– Brazil: CONAB GeoSafras– Japan + ASEAN + China + India : ASIA-RiCE project– Other countries: Australia, Mexico, Argentina, South Africa…

Task AG-01GEOGLAM activities

• Main Pillar #2 – Capacity Building – On-going national projects

• Argentina (INTA - UMD - NASA)• Pakistan (CRS – SUPARCO – FAO - UMD – NASA)• Ukraine (IKD – HydroMet - EC)• South Africa (NEOSS – ARS)…

• Main Pillar #3 – Countries at Risk– On-going international monitoring Projects

• FAO GIEWS (Global Information & Early Warning System)• US FEWSNET (Famine Early Warning System)• EC MARS Food Security Bulletins• China CropWatch Drought & Food security activities…

• Cross Cutting Component R&D – JECAM– Objective: to reach a convergence of approaches, develop monitoring & reporting protocols

and best practices for a variety of global agricultural systems– About 40 test-sites on all continents!

Task AG-01Present use of EO data in GEOGLAM projects

• EO data for Pillar #1 – Global Crop Monitoring– GEOGLAM Monthly Crop Monitor

• Wheat, Maize, Soy– Use of low resolution optical data (MODIS), together with Met data (GCOM-W, TRMM…) and with

moderate resolution crop type masks– CEOS data used to-date : Optical Low Res, Optical Moderate Res

» Future: sampled optical high resolution ; microwave SAR

• Rice– Rice regions: China, India, South-East Asia (90% world prod. & consumption) – Rice monitoring, using AgroMet data (GCOM-W, TRMM…) & local experts

» Asian collaborative network, coordinated by JAXA (S. Sobue)– CEOS data used to-date : Optical Low Res. (OLR) ; microwave SAR ( just starting)

– Other crop monitoring activities• Generally multi-source information:

– Low (MODIS), Moderate (Landsat TM), High Resolution (RapidEye etc) optical data, AgroMet data, field tours, expertise…

– CEOS data used : Optical Low Res. (OLR), Mod Res. (OMR), High Res. (OHR)

Task AG-01C#1 – Crop Monitor – AMIS countries

Task AG-01Production & Exports of AMIS members

Wheat production2012 – 2014 average

Maize production2012 – 2014 average

Soybean production2012 – 2014 average

Wheat Exports2012 – 2014 average

Maize Exports2012 – 2014 average

Soybean Exports2012 – 2014 average

Rice Exports2012 – 2014 average

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October

November

December

September

Operational GEOGLAM Global Crop Condition Assessments published monthly within the

G-20 AMIS Market Monitor Bulletin

Operational GEOGLAM Global Crop Condition Assessments published monthly within the

G-20 AMIS Market Monitor Bulletin

GEOGLAM Crop Monitor in AMIS Market Monitor

Task AG-01Present use of EO data in GEOGLAM projects• EO data for Pillar #2 – Capacity Building

– National CB projects based on:• Optical Low (MODIS), Moderate (TM), High (Spot, RapidEye) resolution data,

together with AgroMet info, used in Crop Yield Forecast Models, with local experts– Argentina, Ukraine, Morocco, South Africa, Ethiopia…– CEOS data : optical low / medium / high resolution (Free-of-Charge + Commercial)

• ASIA-RiCE project, a multi-national rice- monitoring project: – for 8 ASEAN countries, with JAXA coordination & participation of India & China– CEOS : from Autumn 2013, use of SAR data (Scan à HiPrec. modes) for national & sub-natl

Crop area assessment & Crop yield forecast, obt. Through CEOS

• EO data for Pillar #3 – Countries at Risk– Early Warning Systems based on:

• Multi-source information: AgroMet & Optical Low Resolution data, moderate and high resolution + expertise

Task AG-01

Training Workshops

Component#2-Capacity Building ex. Pakistan: Strengthening Provincial Capacity

(collaboration between USDA, FAO, SUPARCO, CRS Pakistan, & UMD)

Task AG-01Component #4 – EO data coordination with CEOS

• Continued exchanges with CEOS – in particular with CEOS GEOGLAM Adhoc Group, re. definition

of EO data needs for GEOGLAM components

• Present situation:– Global Crop Outlook: Free and open access to MODIS and Landsat data

– Main specific data deliveries to JECAM sites (HR & VHR optical, SAR)– Recent delivery of SAR data over South-East Asia (ASIA-RiCE)

• Wish of more rapid access to SAR data • Wish of EO data exchange between JECAM partners

– JECAM project: definition of minimum EO and in situ data sets to maximise cross-cooperation between JECAM sites

Task AG-01Component #5 – R&D -JECAM

• JECAM– Joint Experiment of Crop Assessment and Monitoring– pre-existing to GEOGLAM, now the R&D compoent of GEOGLAM

• Objective: – to reach a convergence of approaches, develop monitoring & reporting

protocols and best practices for a variety of global agricultural systems• Present status

– about 40 test-sites on all continents! – 2013 Annual Report just published– 2014 JECAM Science workshop, Ottawa, 21-23 July

• New projects – EU-FP7 SIGMA project (2013-2017): 27 partners (EU, Russia, Ukraine, China,

Ethiopia..) – ESA Sentinel-for-Agriculture (2014-2017) – Ex. AgMon for 2 African countries

Task AG-01

1414

Opt. Low Res.

COSMO SkyMed

RADAR-SAT-2

Terra-SAR-X

MODIS CHRIS HJ-1 Landsat AWIFS DMCII Deimos ASTERSPOT-4/5/6

RapidEye

Formo sat-2

PléiadesQuickbird

World-View -2

JECAM SiteWorld Region

5-30-100m

3m-100m

1-3-18m 250m36m

Hyperspec

32m 30m 24m22m-32m

22m 15m 10-20m 5m2mPan 6mXS

0,7mPan 2,8mXS

0,6m Pan

2,4mXS

0,46mP an

1,84mXS

Burkina Faso Afr X XMadagascar Afr X X

Morocco Afr XTunisia Afr X X X X X

Canada CFIA – Ottawa N-Am X X XCanada/Red River N-Am X X X

Canada/South Nation N-Am X X XU.S.A. N-Am X

Argentina S-Am X X X X X X XBrazil – Sao Paulo S-Am X X X

Brazil – Tapajos S-Am X X X XUruguay S-Am X

China / Guangdong (Taishan) Asia X X XChina / Heilongjiang Asia X X X X X X X

China / Jiangsu Asia No data Request in 2013

China / Shandong Asia X X X X X X X XTaiwan Asia X X XRussia AsiaCentr X XUkraine AsiaCentr X X X X XBelgium Eur X X X XFrance Eur X X X X X

Italy Apulian Tavoliere Eur XSaudi Arabia MidEast X X X

Radar Optical Moderate Resolution Optical High Res. Opt. Very High Res.

CEOS Support - JECAM Data Requests (2013)

Task AG-01Task AG-01 Existing and Potential Cross-Task Activities

• Link with Task WE-01 High-impact Weather Prediction & Information

– Medium term Weather Prediction: use of El Niño forecasts to intensify monitoring over potentially affected regions (Countries at risk)

– Short term Weather Information: confirmation (explanation) of NDVI anomalies with weather events (droughts, frost, floods..)

– Cf. Agro-Met models for yield forecast

• Link with Task SB-02 – Global Land Cover– Crop masks, parts of global/regional Land Covers– Potential of synergy cf. differences between different Land Cover sets

Task AG-01Differences in Cropland Extent MODIS - GlobCover

Fritz and See, 2008

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Evidence of the Use of Task-related Systems, Datasets, Information Products, and Services

• Cf. GEOGLAM Crop Monitor Assessment Interface

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Enables comparison among relevant datasets (global, regional and national), by crop type and accounting for crop calendars; enables crop condition labeling and

commenting to reflect national expert assessments

GEOGLAM Crop Monitor Assessment Interface

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Task AG-01Progress on Data Sharing

• Sharing of regional crop masks– Cf. Crop masks for EU 28 for Wheat, Maize and Rice (JRC, April 2014)