Remote sensing products and services in support of agricultural public policies in Africa: Overview and challenges
In the last decade, governments, international institutions, donors, the private sector, etc. have shown a renewed interest in agricultural issues in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). This interest came with a strong need for information in countries where the lack of reliable and timely basic information can be a problem. Thanks to its capacity to observe the Earth at local, regional, and global scales and from various vantage points, satellite remote sensing is a powerful tool to streamline the monitoring and improvement of the existing systems, and thus to support decision-making. However, the path from satellite images to public policy decisions is not straightforward, and today, only few operational information services are available in SSA countries (e.g., early warning systems for food security and desert locust plagues prevention, rangeland production forecasting). This paper aims to analyze the gap between the technical aspects of the remote sensing sciences and the pragmatic need for relevant data to address agricultural policies in Africa and produce operational recommendations. To achieve this goal, the authors (1) determine the information, and in particular the geoinformation, needed to develop, implement and evaluate agricultural public policies (2) illustrate the role of remote sensing as a public policy tool in SSA through an overview of the current off-the-shelf products and services derived from Earth Observation systems, and (3) propose an analysis of the existing gap between the remote sensing research community and the policy makers. Based on this review, the authors conclude that to benefit from this technological advancement and bridge the gap between technical analysts and policy makers, some key points are fundamental: capacity building, political will and institutional commitment, public-private partnership, and proofs of concept.
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dig-cirad-fr-5957612024-01-29T02:47:56Z http://agritrop.cirad.fr/595761/ http://agritrop.cirad.fr/595761/ Remote sensing products and services in support of agricultural public policies in Africa: Overview and challenges. Bégué Agnès, Leroux Louise, Soumaré Mamy, Faure Jean-François, Diouf Abdoul Aziz, Augusseau Xavier, Touré Labaly, Tonneau Jean-Philippe. 2020. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 4:58, 11 p.https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2020.00058 <https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2020.00058> Remote sensing products and services in support of agricultural public policies in Africa: Overview and challenges Bégué, Agnès Leroux, Louise Soumaré, Mamy Faure, Jean-François Diouf, Abdoul Aziz Augusseau, Xavier Touré, Labaly Tonneau, Jean-Philippe eng 2020 Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems E10 - Économie et politique agricoles U30 - Méthodes de recherche politique agricole télédétection sécurité alimentaire gestion foncière système d'alerte rapide imagerie par satellite http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_201 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_6498 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_10967 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_24866 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_37871 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_36761 Afrique au sud du Sahara http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_166 In the last decade, governments, international institutions, donors, the private sector, etc. have shown a renewed interest in agricultural issues in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). This interest came with a strong need for information in countries where the lack of reliable and timely basic information can be a problem. Thanks to its capacity to observe the Earth at local, regional, and global scales and from various vantage points, satellite remote sensing is a powerful tool to streamline the monitoring and improvement of the existing systems, and thus to support decision-making. However, the path from satellite images to public policy decisions is not straightforward, and today, only few operational information services are available in SSA countries (e.g., early warning systems for food security and desert locust plagues prevention, rangeland production forecasting). This paper aims to analyze the gap between the technical aspects of the remote sensing sciences and the pragmatic need for relevant data to address agricultural policies in Africa and produce operational recommendations. To achieve this goal, the authors (1) determine the information, and in particular the geoinformation, needed to develop, implement and evaluate agricultural public policies (2) illustrate the role of remote sensing as a public policy tool in SSA through an overview of the current off-the-shelf products and services derived from Earth Observation systems, and (3) propose an analysis of the existing gap between the remote sensing research community and the policy makers. Based on this review, the authors conclude that to benefit from this technological advancement and bridge the gap between technical analysts and policy makers, some key points are fundamental: capacity building, political will and institutional commitment, public-private partnership, and proofs of concept. article info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal Article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://agritrop.cirad.fr/595761/1/Frontiers-2020.pdf text cc_by info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2020.00058 10.3389/fsufs.2020.00058 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.3389/fsufs.2020.00058 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/purl/https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2020.00058 |
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In the last decade, governments, international institutions, donors, the private sector, etc. have shown a renewed interest in agricultural issues in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). This interest came with a strong need for information in countries where the lack of reliable and timely basic information can be a problem. Thanks to its capacity to observe the Earth at local, regional, and global scales and from various vantage points, satellite remote sensing is a powerful tool to streamline the monitoring and improvement of the existing systems, and thus to support decision-making. However, the path from satellite images to public policy decisions is not straightforward, and today, only few operational information services are available in SSA countries (e.g., early warning systems for food security and desert locust plagues prevention, rangeland production forecasting). This paper aims to analyze the gap between the technical aspects of the remote sensing sciences and the pragmatic need for relevant data to address agricultural policies in Africa and produce operational recommendations. To achieve this goal, the authors (1) determine the information, and in particular the geoinformation, needed to develop, implement and evaluate agricultural public policies (2) illustrate the role of remote sensing as a public policy tool in SSA through an overview of the current off-the-shelf products and services derived from Earth Observation systems, and (3) propose an analysis of the existing gap between the remote sensing research community and the policy makers. Based on this review, the authors conclude that to benefit from this technological advancement and bridge the gap between technical analysts and policy makers, some key points are fundamental: capacity building, political will and institutional commitment, public-private partnership, and proofs of concept. |
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Remote sensing products and services in support of agricultural public policies in Africa: Overview and challenges |
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Remote sensing products and services in support of agricultural public policies in Africa: Overview and challenges |
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Remote sensing products and services in support of agricultural public policies in Africa: Overview and challenges |
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