GEODATA FOR AGRICULTURE AND WATER

Space for Food Security

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The projectsOver 120 organisations across 14 partner countries have initiateda total of 23 G4AW projects. They are building business modelsfor public/private partnerships to deliver financially sustainableservices. Involved organisations are using existing technologyand services, empowering the most important actors in the foodproduction chain: farmers, fishermen and pastoralists.All projects have the following in common:

• Market:Tacklingawell-definedandspecificproblem.• Businesscase:Providingfinancialsustainabilityinthelong

term, supported by investments done by project partners.• Solution:Partofaportfolioofservices,focusedonacore

offerwithaddedvalueforclients,well-elaborateduseofsatellite information and other data.

• Affordability:Servicesareprovidedatlowcostorfreeofcharge.• Licensetooperate:Theprojectresultswillbeembeddedin

the local context.• Channel:Buildingonexistingdeliverymechanism(s),

bridging the last mile.• Maturity:Theprojectsstrivetoreproduceservicesalready

validated elsewhere.• Education:Empoweringusersbytrainingandappropriate

transferofknowledge.• Cooperation:Partnershipsofpublicorganisations,

research institutes, private sector operators, NGO’s, farmer cooperatives, satellite data/service operators, the private (agricultural)sectorandtransmissionoperators,bridgingthe entire information chain.

OverviewGIACIS(Ethiopia),G4INDO(Indonesia)andSUM-Africa(Mali,Uganda)aimtoguaranteeincomeofandinvestmentsbysmallholderfoodproducers.CommonSensesupportssesame producers in Ethiopia by providing weather andagro-advisoryservices.

CROPMONinKenyabuildsacropmonitoringsystemtoalertfarmers about non optimal growth conditions. SmallholderfarmersinBangladeshwillbenefitfromGEOBIS’aswellasIDSS’agricultural advice, and GEOPOTATO to prevent potato disease.In Vietnam, resilience of rice and coffee producing communitieswillbeimprovedbySat4RiceandGREENcoffee.InIndonesia,SMARTseedswillsupportfarmersgrowingchilli,tomatoandcucumber.MUIISwillhelpincreasecropsofmaize,soybeanandsesameinUganda,combinedwithloansand/orinsurancefor farmers.

STAMPandMODHEMimprovesmovingherdmanagementandincomesforMaliandBurkinaFaso’spastoralists.Geodatics,R4AandSIKIAhelpfarmersandagribusinessclientstooptimisetheirbusinessactivitiesinKenya,SouthAfricaandTanzania.

GAP4AinBurundiservestheirsmallholderclientsbymakingbetterandmoreinformeddecisions.Sat4FarminginGhanacreates, manages and monitors farm development plans for individualcocoafarms.AngkorSalad(Cambodia),Spice-Up(Indonesia),MYVAS4AGRIandSAM(Myanmar)provideagriculturaladvicetofarmers.SAM(Myanmar)alsowillprovidefinancial services.

Please see the project leaflets to learn more about the waysG4AW projects help to improve food security.

Photo Credit: Stephanie Malyon / CIAT

A global challenge: Feeding the futureThe food producers of our planet face the extraordinary challengeof feeding 9 billion people by the year 2050. As a consequence ofclimate change, there will be a growing competition in using waterandfindingfertileland.Further,reliableweatherforecastsforfoodproducers are scarcely available in developing countries.

The opportunity: satellite and mobile data supportingfood securityThe combination of improved mobile connectivity, new satelliteservices and private investments offers the opportunity for scalingupinnovationstolarge-scaleimplementationandoperations.Agrowing fleet of earth observation satellites encircling our planetguarantee a continuing global coverage and provision of freeobjective data.

Geodata, converted to relevant information on climate, weatherandhazards,canhelpfoodproducersandotherstakeholdersin developing countries. These data can be used to generateinformation for customised and timely agricultural advice, as wellaswarningsofnaturalhazardslikefloodingsordroughts.Mobilephonebasedservicesprovidingup-to-datemarketpriceshave already been proven successful in numerous countries in Africaand Asia. Increasing the quantity and quality of communicationnetworksenablesmillionsoffoodproducersinremoteareastobenefitfromagriculturalinformation,empoweringthemtomakebetterdecisions.Also,micro-insurancesand/ormicrocreditscombined with information services can help guarantee thecontinuity of food production.

TheG4AWFacilitypromotesandsupportsprivateinvestmentsforlarge scale, demand driven and satellite based information services.It provides a platform for partnerships of public organisations,research institutes, private sector operators, NGO’s, farmercooperatives, satellite data/service operators, businesses andtransmission operators, developing space for food security.

G4AWisaprogrammebytheDutchMinistryofForeignAffairswithinthepolicyprioritiesforfoodsecurityandwater,whichisexecutedbytheNetherlandsSpaceOffice(NSO).

G4AW projects and partner countries:

G4AW Goals

• Reachingover4,5millionsmallholders• Providingthemwithusefulandtimely agrometeorologicaland/orfinancial/insuranceproducts• Improvingsustainablefoodproduction,increasethe effectiveuseofinputs(water,nutrients,seeds,pesticides)• Economicdevelopmentinparticipatingcountries• Stimulatingprivateinvestments• Financiallysustainableservicesafter3years• Improvedfoodsecurityandincome

CopyrightESA/ATGmedialab Space for Food Security

Copernicus: free satellite dataTheEuropeanCommissionoperatesanumberofSentinelsatellites(opticalandradar)providing:

• Freesatellitedata

• Dataavailablefrom2014

• Continuityfor>20years

Country Project Lead Partner Target group Call Project Start

Bangladesh GEOBIS LTSeed Potato,rice,vegetable 2 2015

Bangladesh GEOPOTATO WageningenUniversity Potato 2 2015

Bangladesh IDSS ACI Rice,vegetable 2 2015

BurkinaFaso MODHEM SNV Grass(pastoralist) 2 2016

Burundi GAP4A AUXFINInternational Various 3 2018

Cambodia AngkorSalad ICCO Vegetables 3 2018

Ethiopia CommonSense Alterra Sesame,sorghum 1 2015

Ethiopia GIACIS UniversityofTwente-ITC Rainfedarablecrops(insurance) 1 2014

Ghana Sat4Farming RainforestAlliance Cocoa 3 2018

Indonesia G4INDO WageningenUniversity Rice(insurance) 1 2014

Indonesia SMARTseeds ICCO Chilli,tomato,cucumber 2 2016

Indonesia SpiceUp VerstegenSpices&Sauces Pepper 3 2018

Kenya CROPMON SoilCares Coffee,maize,grass,sorghum,cereals 2 2015

Kenya/Tanzania GEODATICS ICS Maize,legumecrops 2 2015

Mali STAMP SNV Grass(pastoralist) 2 2015

Mali/Uganda SUMAfrica EARS Maize,millet,rice,sorghum(insurance) 1 2014

Myanmar MYVAS4AGRI MyanmaAwbaGroup Rice,greenandblackgram,maize,groundnut,potatoandsesame

3 2018

Myanmar SAM ImpactTerra Rice,maize 3 2018

SouthAfrica R4A ARC Various 2 2015

Tanzania SIKIA TechForceInnovations Rice 2 2016

Uganda MUISS CTA Maize,soyabean,beans,sesame 2 2015

Vietnam Sat4Rice VinaNed Rice 2 2015

Vietnam GREENcoffee ICCO Coffee 2 2016