The aim of the course is to enhance the capabilities of technical staff involved in Food Security Analysis, climate analysis and agriculture by providing them with an
understanding on the use of spatial and Earth Observation (EO) information as a tool to integrate knowledge about climate change, agriculture, and food security in a meaningful and innovative way.
Target Participants: Climatologists, meteorologists, Agricultural experts, soil scientists, Animal Scientists, agronomist, entomologists, ranch managers, farm managers, environmentalists, farmers and students.
Course Objectives
- Understand the basic concepts of GIS and Remote Sensing
- Design and implement their own GIS projects that integrate remote sensing data and GPS-based field information
- Understand concepts and main frameworks in Food Security Analysis
- Understand concepts and main frameworks in Climate Change Analysis
- Understand concepts and main frameworks in Agriculture
- Understand the relationship between climate change, agriculture and food security
- Apply GIS and Remote Sensing as Decision support tool for Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS).
- Use GIS information in planning Food Security interventions through spatial multi-criteria analysis
Course Content/Outline (3 credit units per topic-1hr lecture and 2hrs practical)
- Wk 1: Introduction to GIS and R.S concepts in the context of climate change, Agriculture and Food security (CCAFS)
- Wk 1: GIS project design and setup
- Wk 2: Geospatial Analysis for Agriculture and food security
- Wk 2: Use of GIS in Climate Predictions
- Wk 3: Yield monitoring and mapping with GIS and Remote Sensing
- Wk 3: Artificial intelligence in GIS and Remote Sensing for climate change, Agriculture and Food security (CCAFS)
- Wk 4: Remote sensing (RS) for sites pecific management.
- Wk 4: The use of satellite imagery for food insecurity detection and recovery
Expected Outcome
Participants will be more skillful in utilizing the GIS and Remote Sensing technologies in managing Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)
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