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ONLINE GIS PLATFORM FOR
AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN GHANA
ONLINE GIS PLATFORM FOR
AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN GHANA
Foster MensahCentre for Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Services
University of GhanaLegon-Accra
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About THE ONLINE GIS PLATFORM About THE ONLINE GIS PLATFORM
• Provide access to agric-related spatial data in a user-friendly mode
• Improve spatial data management and dissemination
• Provide on-line tools for extracting and sharing data and information
• Visualizing data across themes
• Access to quality data necessary for implementing agric projects
• Opportunity for enhancing quality of data disseminated
• Opportunity to scale up the availability of spatial data for agriculture development
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http://www.gis4ghagric.net
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Land coverLand cover
ElevationElevation
MetadataMetadata
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CropsCrops
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SoilsSoils
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ClimateClimate
MEAN ANNUAL RAINFALL
EVAPOTRANSPIRATION
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Land SuitabilityLand Suitability
Cowpea
Millet
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Distribution of agro-related investment activities
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Agric StatisticsAgric Statistics
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Agric StatisticsAgric Statistics
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Agric StatisticsAgric Statistics
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• Establish workspace for Development Partners (DPs)
• Map agric-related investment activities by DPs
• Map FBO investments, farm boundary and farm attributes
• Provide GIS, GPS mapping services and Applications dev to projects in the agriculture sector
• Follow up users’ needs and adaptation
• Ensuring system sustainability
Way Forward….Way Forward….
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THANK YOU !THANK YOU !
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