Training Course on the Application of Remote Sensing and GIS Technology in Crop Production

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1 2015/ATCWG/006 Agenda Item: 7 Training Course on the Application of Remote Sensing and GIS Technology in Crop Production Purpose: Information Submitted by: China 19 th Agricultural Technical Cooperation Working Group Meeting Iloilo, Philippines September 2015

2 Summary Report on Training Course on the Application of Remote Sensing and GIS Technology in Crop Production (ATC 06/2012A) (The People s Republic of China) 19th ATCWG Annual Meeting, Iloilo, Philippines, Sep 28-29, 2015 Background This project directly responds to the priorities set in APEC : In the 2011 Leaders' Declaration, Implement the Niigata Declaration on Food Security, and reaffirm our commitment to a standstill, first made by APEC Leaders in 2008 In the 2012 Kazan Declaration it is especially important to encourage the safe development and application of innovative agricultural technologies showed that technological application and communication plays very important role in ensuring food security 1

3 Objectives There are several objectives of the project: To respond suggestions and recommendations in the summary report of APEC Workshop on the Application of Remote Sensing and GIS Technology on Crop Productivity held in To increase capacity building for APEC economies, especially for developing economies To help technical extension, strengthen technological transfer, and benefit ensuring food security. Date: August 27 30, 2013 Venue: Beijing Central Garden Hotel, P. R. China Co-sponsored by Thailand, Chinese Taipei 2

4 Participation Delegates from 12 APEC economies, including Australia, Chile, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, Philippines, Chinese Taipei, Thailand, USA, Viet Nam, the host China Each of 9 travel-eligible economies sent two APECfunded participants Officials from the Lead Shepherd Office Officials from the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture and the Chinese Ministry of Finance Some scientists, technical staff, and students from research institutes, university and private sector Totally more than 100 participants Themes Accurate crop acreage assessment and crop pattern mapping Crops yield simulation and prediction by remote sensing and GIS Other extensions (extreme climate events effects, pest modelling, etc.) 3

5 Training Trainers are from Australia, Chinese Taipei, Hungary, USA, and China PPTs have been copied to CDs and disseminated to participants Gender balance The organization committee highly pay attention to gender balance Nearly half of participants and staff involved are female 4

6 Visit After training course, participants visited the Department of Agricultural Remote Sensing and Digital Agriculture, IARRP, CAAS Output 17 papers available and nearly 120 pages Electronic version of the proceeding has been delivered to APEC Secretariat Some proceedings in paperback have been disseminated to economies 5

7 Output Economy Name Gender Organization ANDRIES POTGIETER M Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI) University a.potgieter@uq.edu.au of Queensland Australia Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences LUCY ANNA RANDALL F Lucy.Randall@daff.gov.au (ABARES) JAMES LEE M Australian Embassy in Beijing James.lee@dfat.gov.au Canada HARVEY HILL M National Agro climate Information Service, AESB Agriculture and Agri-Food Harvey.Hill@agr.gc.ca Canada EUGENIO GONZALEZ M Natural Resources Information Center (CIREN) egonzalez@ciren.cl Chile RICARDO PRADO M COMSA rprado@seguroagricola.com WAHYUNTO M Indonesian Center for Agricultural Land Resources Research and wahyunto_wt@yahoo.co.id Development Indonesia RIZATUS SHOFIYATI F Indonesian Agency for Agric.Research & Development (IAARD) Ministry of rshofiyati@yahoo.com Agriculture Enlargement of a researchers network on the application of remote sensing and GIS technology in agriculture among APEC economies Japan UCHIDA SATOSHI M Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS) uchidas@jircas.affrc.go.jp 6

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9 Appreciation Co-sponsors, all the economies Lead Shepherd Office and APEC Secretariat Chinese Ministry of Agriculture and Chinese Ministry of Finance International Cooperation Bureau and IARRP of CAAS Staff working and serving for workshop 8

10 Thank you 9