Why Openness and Capacity development are key for harnessing the potential of GeoAgri
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This document discusses the importance of openness and capacity building for harnessing the potential of GeoAgri. Openness through open source software, open data, open standards, and open education resources allows for greater collaboration, innovation, and empowerment. Capacity building helps establish geospatial research and training opportunities worldwide and develops open and creative minds. Together, openness and capacity building can build open knowledge to benefit society and future generations. The document provides examples of open geospatial projects addressing global challenges like food security and poverty reduction.
Why Openness and Capacity development are key for harnessing the potential of GeoAgri
- 1. Why Openness and capacity building are key for harnessing the potential of GeoAgri? Suchith Anand Open Geospatial Labs are being established worldwide to scale up research and teaching globally as part of the ICA-OSGeo MoU
- 4. alt.ac.uk Why is Openness Important?
- 6. GLOBAL SOCIETAL PROBLEMS: accessGLOBAL SOCIETAL PROBLEMS: access to water, food, sanitation, trafficto water, food, sanitation, traffic congestions, economic sustainability,congestions, economic sustainability, citizenscitizens’ health, impact on environment …’ health, impact on environment … Mapping is a critical component to help understand and develop solutions Why is Geoeducation & capacity building important? Kibera , Kenya Dharavi, Mumbai http://www.flickr.com/photos/56685562@N00/2340042701 http://www.flickr.com/photos/8485582@N07/7365580810 GIS tools play a key role in helping find solutions to global societal challenges
- 9. Join the GODAN Capacity Development WG The objectives of this working group •Promote open data knowledge, increase awareness of ongoing open data initiatives, innovations and good practices •Advocate for collaborative efforts agriculture and nutrition open data initiatives through knowledge sharing among capacity development activities •Advocate programs, good practices, and lessons learned that enable the use of open data. Promote capacity development and diversity of open data users for a more effective accessibility, use, engagement and understand of open data
- 10. Geo for All - Making Geospatial education and opportunities accessible to all Image Credit: NOAA/NASA GOES Project
- 11. First my thank you to the global Geo for All community that made this possible Open Geospatial Labs are being established worldwide to scale up research and teaching globally as part of the ICA-OSGeo MoU
- 12. June 2010 “Geo for All” started from very humble beginnings Aim – Build research and teaching infrastructure worldwide Problem – No initial funding! Biggest Strength – amazing support from colleagues and students Open Source Geospatial Lab founding meeting at UoN
- 13. Starting from Nothing is powerful
- 14. Who are we? Government organisations, academia, industry, startups, NGOs , teachers, students, … FOSS4G 2013 @Nottingham
- 15. We are Global community
- 18. It is all about learning and sharing
- 19. Open GIS Summer School in Girona
- 20. And empowering the next generation
- 21. Aim Establishing GIS research and training opportunities
- 22. We are Multi disciplinary
- 23. We are all passionate about Research and Education
- 27. UN Global Service centre, Brindisi, Italy 7-11 March 2016
- 31. alt.ac.uk Education + Empowerment = Geo4All
- 32. Need for Open Principles • Open source software. • Open data. • Open standards. • Open access to research publications. • Open education resources GeoForAll fundamentally is based on Open Principles
- 33. Science is NOT a Black Box
- 35. from prototyping to operational a multidisciplinary project between Crop sciences / Plant Sciences /Agronomy & Geospatial Sciences • genetic & phenotypic & trait information • agricultural & environmental information • geospatial architecture & data & models management GRASPGeospatial Resource for Agricultural Species and Pests “Geospatial Resource for Agricultural Species and Pests with integrated workflow modelling to support Global Food Security (GRASP-GFS)” (2013) Didier Leibovici, Sean Mayers el.al
- 36. Generic workflow of the GRASP project use and reuse of available information 36 Includes pests, diseases, w eeds inform ation Includes risks (p d w ) Includes risks (p d w )
- 38. Spatial Patterns in the genetic variation of Bambara groundnut 38 Roberto Santos et al. 2016
- 39. Geospatial Standards (for ex. OGC spec.) Maturity of open source software (for ex. OSGeo stack) Open Data Ability for showing the operation of general laws is fundamental for scientific research Unique convergence of many key developments that made Open Geospatial Science possible
- 40. Join the GODAN Local Farming Challenge @NASA Europa Challenge 2017
- 42. Organisors
- 43. GODAN Local Farming Challenge We invite innovative ideas on Urban farming from students worldwide Some examples: •mapping for optimal linking of local farming community directly with potential customers •tools for visualising spatio-temporal aspects of local farming •ideas for helping reducing wastage (for example real time linking with local food banks) etc.
- 44. Have a look at previous projects
- 45. Criteria
- 46. Prize 1000 Euro in total for the best student team in Agriculture challenge using open data sources Certificates from NASA and GODAN for all participants
- 48. Why Openness in GeoAgri? helps in harnessing the potential of GeoAgri for Informed Decision Making • empowerment of staff and students capacity building developing creative and open minds in students which is critical for building open innovation contributes to building up Open Knowledge for the benefit of the whole society and for our future generations.
- 49. Represents the individual content creator on the World Wide Web Building an open source, open standards, open data research framework for AgriGIS Key advantages •Scalable •Interoperability •Accelerate Innovation •Low costs •No proprietary lockin •Benefits wider community The technology can be inexpensive, easy to use, and open to all.
- 50. Why - Social Responsibility Making resources including software and data openly available offers an opportunity for knowledge to be shared widely so as to increase learning opportunities. Example – Collaborating with educational initiatives like gvSIG Batoví For details contact: Sergio Acosta y Lara sacosta@dntopografia.gub.uy Alvaro Anguix aanguix@gvsig.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orwN9K07
- 51. Thanks to all colleagues in the “Geo for All” initiative http://www.geoforall.org
- 52. Synergies of joining minds on a common mission makes the seemingly “impossible” possible Let us all join to eradicate extreme poverty and enable shared prosperity for all Geo for All – Empowering communities for a better world
Editor's Notes
- #8: Godan exists to respond to particular challenges and foster innovations to meet them
- #35: Models may be made to operate at a given scale but they have an impact at different scales and upscaling /extrapolation or dowscaling may be required/desired at some point!
- #37: Workflow as a computational model but also as set and order of tasks to achieve