700 800 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 All data derived from FAOSTAT (2012) and standardized to 1961 values = 100 One line is Africa one line is Asia, but which is which?
and standardized to 1961 values = 100 100 150 200 250 300 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 Understanding how to assess trends in agricultural productivity and poverty in South Asia with spatial data is relevant to Africa. Changes occurring here are occurring faster than in Asia and we need to ensure that we have the partnerships & networks to measure & assess the impact of these changes. One line is Africa one line is Asia, but which is which?
crop data for 2005 for South Asia District level data – 600+ spatial units Major crops – over 20 crops across India and Bangladesh Area, Production and Yield by season (up to three seasons per year) Area, Production and Yield by water source (where available) 1 Agricultural productivity in 2005
regional node delivers detailed data to HUBZero and the global nodes South Asia regional node validates global products on crop extent and irrigated area using ground truth data, expert knowledge and high resolution data (village and tract level data from census) Global nodes update their products in consecutive rounds based on validation results Regional nodes benefit from improved global products 1 Agricultural productivity in 2005
income needs collaborative research on technology evaluation, technology targeting, and policy options. So, using high frequency data on productivity, input costs, harvest prices and poverty can we say: (1) whether increased agricultural productivity in cereal systems has reduced regional disparities in level of poverty over time; (2) whether regional disparities in terms of cultivation cost and profitability in cereal systems have reduced over time, and; (3) whether gaps between potential, attainable (long term experiments) and district average yield have reduced over the years. 2 Trends in poverty and production
data for 20 crops Fertilizer consumption (N,P,K) Cost of cultivation of each crop, including: seed, fertilizer, manure, human Labour, animal Labour, machine labour Harvest prices of each crop Poverty data at start and end of timeseries 2 Trends in poverty and production
A Sethi and Parvesh Chandna 2009, Maize Atlas of India Productivity change Compound annual growth rate in area and yield of maize 2004-2008 in Andhra Pradesh.
and regular seasons. Planting and harvesting dates vary from place to place and from year to year. Seasonal statistics may not even make much sense in some places. Can we use remote sensing to tell us something about key crop parameters like planting and harvesting dates? How might we use monthly estimates of Area, Production and Yield?
and crop seasonality can be mapped based on a combination of crop knowledge and regular monitoring with remote sensing imagery 3 Spatio-temporal crop mapping