farmers and other stakeholders ! ! ❖ Farm boundary mapping for some agriculture projects (e.g. Cocoalife) ! ! ❖ Creating national agriculture database with specific farmland under cultivation !
farm location ! WEB PORTALS/MOBILE APPS FOR DATA DISSEMINATION Farmer data e-Extension Platform Collaborate with most content producers and stakeholders Building national agriculture spatial database Online GIS for Ghana’s Agriculture www.gis4ghagric.net GhanaMappr IFPRI/CGIAR Collaboration Mobile App solutions Using both RS and GIS Open source and Proprietary Software
GIS Portal for Ghana’s agriculture for retrieving datasets ! ! ❖ Harmonizing agriculture projects datasets for easy referencing and access even after projects lifespan (AGRA, TIPCEE, ADVANCE, etc) ! ! ❖ Developing thematic maps to support decision making by value chain actors in the sector(Agriculture Project Intervention Maps, etc) ! ! ❖ Visualization and access of agriculture related statistics (Production, Market Prices, etc)
decision support tool for farmers and other stakeholders ! ! ❖ Develop IVR/Mobile e-Xtension application to support farmers access extension support in their local language and also enhance project evaluation
! ❖ Expand datasets beyond current datasets(Add-on livestock data) ! ❖ Completely map and register almost all farms being cultivated in Ghana ! ❖ Implement regular updating of the datasets through crowdsourcing ! ❖ Develop mobile apps to support major stakeholders in the sector ! ❖ Collaboration with key stakeholders for sustainability of the initiatives ! ❖ Developing national capacity for development and consumption of geo- spatial data for improved agriculture !