OBJECTIVES• Strengtheningagriculturalandruraldevelopment

andfoodsecurity.

• Actasafacilitatorandknowledgepartner.

DEVELOPMENTPRIORITYAREAS

LAND COVER MAPPINGFAOhasdevelopedaconsistentanddetailednationallandcover/landcoverchangedatabasebasedonFAO(LCCS/LCML)methodologytosupportagriculturalpolicymakersandrurallanduseplannersresponsibleforsustainablerehabilitationofagriculturalsector,improvementoffoodsecurityandreductionofruralpoverty.

Landcover isoneof themain inputs for thearea frameestimatesofagriculturalareabasedonFAOmethodologyformorereliablecropyieldandcropforecastassessments.

AGRICULTURE MONITORING AND GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGY1. GeospatialTechnologyprovidesdirectinformationon,

orindicatorsof,production(cultivatedareaandyield).

2. Agricultural parameters such as soil moisture, soiltype,cropstage,cropvigor,croptypearevitalforef-fectiveagriculturalmonitoring.

3. Cropmaskscanbederivedfrommulti-temporalima-ges.Cropmaskingisafundamentalrequirementinsa-telliteremotesensingforcropforecasting/estimation.

4. Spatialandspectralresolutionisincreasinglyimpro-vingthemonitoringofAgriculture.Freesatellitedataof10mresolutionavailablefrom2016.

MONITORING CROP PRODUCTIONGlobal systems to monitor and assess production areimportantdecisionmakingtoolto:• provide timely information on crop production and

yieldinastandardizedandregularfashionatthere-gionaltogloballevel.

• provide estimates as early as possible during thegrowingseason(s)andupdatetheestimatesperio-dicallythroughtheseasonuntilharvest.

ExamplesofcurrentglobalcropestimationsystemsareGEOGLAM,theFAS-USDAandEC-MARScombininginsituinformation,weatherandsatellitedatainaconvergenceofevidenceapproachtoestimateproductionandyield.

Enhancing Agriculture Monitoring System based on geospatial technology in Afghanistan

FAO IN AFGHANISTAN

AGRICULTURALPRODUCTIONfosteringtheproductivecapacity.

AGRICULTURALPOLICYformulationandimplementation.

WATERRESOURCESANDIRRIGATIONbetterdevelopmentandmanagement.

NATURALRESOURCESimprovingthemanagement.

FOODANDNUTRITIONenhancingthesecurity.

EMERGENCYcapacitydevelopmentofmanagement.

1.SPOT-SceneSelection2.LandCovermapgeneration

1. Afghan governmental institutions

2. Rural communities

3. Non-state actors (civil society organizations)

4. Local and international NGOs

5. Private sector

6. Organizations that work on agriculture issues having access to decision support instruments

AGRICULTURE MONITORING SYSTEM

Strengtheningnationalcapacitytofacilitatemonitoring,analysisandinterpretationofagricultureandnaturalresourcesinformationcombinedwithinformationgeneratedfromremotesensingforsustainableagriculturallanduseplanningandmanagement.

1. TechnicalassistancetotheGovernmentofAfghanistanonagricultureandcropmonitoringbyuseofinnovativegeospatialtechnology.

2. Improvetheexistingdatacollection,analysisanddisseminationsystemsbyintegrateduseofremote-senseddata.

3. Improveareaandyieldforecastingandcropconditionmonitoringandestimation,basedongeospatialinformation.

• Sustainablemethodologies,modelsandtoolsfortheimprovementofAfghanistan’sagriculturemonitoringsystembasedongeospatialinformationandtechnology.

• Cropmaskshowingspatialdistributionofcropsforpilotareas.Estimationandforecastingofacreageandyieldproduction.

• AreaFramesamplingoptimisedbyuseofgeospatialtechnologyandcombinedwithnewlyHighResolutionLandCoverdatabaseofAfghanistan(FAOdeveloped).

• Groundsurveymethodologyandvalidationforfielddatacollectioncombinedbyuseofgeospatialtechnologies(i.e.PDAPersonalDigitalAssistantmo-biledataentrydevice,GPS,etc.)toreducesamplingerror.

• Capacitybuildingandtechnicalassistancetonationalinstitutions.

• Creation,publishinganddisseminationofcropre-portsbulletins,magazinesforpublicconsumption.

GOALOBJECTIVES

EXPECTED OUTPUTS

PROJECT APPROACHThekeyapproachesproposedtoaddressthemainissues of the Afghan Government on AgricultureMonitoringinclude:• develop agriculture statistics and monitoring

methodsandtoolsimprovethequalityofdata;

• useofadvancedapproach/technology for thecollection,analysisanddisseminationofinfor-mation;

• enhance the products’ delivery mechanismsandtheknowledgebaseavailableforfoodse-curity,agricultureplanningandpolicies,envi-ronmentanalysis

PROJECT PROPOSAL

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