New and Ongoing Initiatives: Geospatial Data and Beyond

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1. www.ciat.cgiar.org New and Ongoing Initiatives: Geospatial Data and Beyond ! Steven Prager – Integrated Modeling Decision and Policy Analysis, CIAT – Cali, Colombia CSI Annual Meeting – 22-24 September 2014 ITC UTwente Netherlands
2. Large part of the work in DAPA- Colombia now is with Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development – Calibrating DSSAT with field trials of maize, rice, bean and cassava in Colombia – Focus on managing climate variability with seasonal climate and agro-climatic forecasts Decision and Policy Analysis
3. Adding Value to Projects through Connecting
 Data, Activities, Interests, and Individuals • Recently hired Data and Information Manager – Working to include geospatial information from the ground up.
4. Looking at Internal (In)Efficiencies • Trying to discover internal resources within a Center (for a new person) is non- trivial.
5. Adding to Global Futures (PIM CRP) through Geography Crop management Improved Varieties Extension and capacity Identify research strategies for CIAT Poverty Reduction Food Security Health & Nutrition Many MCDA methods are not necessarily spatial…
6. Terra-i
8. Crowd-sourcing Accuracy Assessment
9. Supporting Geo-journalism
11. Big Data to Big Deal
12. THANKS! s.prager@cgiar.org