GIS and Remote Sensing in Agriculture Food Security and Climate Change
A Kenya Event on 2021-02-22 00:00:00
FineResults Research Services would like to invite you to take part in our upcoming workshops on Geographic Information System (GIS) & Remote Sensing courses at our FineResults Services training facilities in Nairobi, Kenya.
Date Event
22nd to 26th February 2021 GIS and Remote Sensing in Agriculture Food Security and Climate Change
5th to 9th April 2021 GIS and Remote Sensing in Agriculture Food Security and Climate Change
Click to Register: Physical class USD 800
Contact us: email: training@fineresultsresearch.org or Cell phone (+254 759 285 295)
INTRODUCTION
The main purpose 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.
DURATION
5 Days
COURSE OBJECTIVES
By completing this course, participants will be able to:
Understand the basic concepts of GIS and Remote Sensing
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.
Use GIS information in planning FS interventions through spatial multi-criteria analysis
Assess spatial data availability and understand the importance of spatial data infrastructure (SDI), for data sharing by organizations involved in Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security.
Apply GIS and RS for designing implementations of large scale early warning systems
Use participatory GIS (PGIS) tools during assessments at community level
Apply remote sensing data and image processing techniques to monitor select Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security indicators
Use mobile phones to gather data during field assessments/surveys
Design and implement their own GIS projects that integrate remote sensing data and GPS-based field information
COURSE OUTLINE
Module 1
Key concepts and definitions
Introduction to climate change, Agriculture, Food security and their relationship
GIS for climate change, Agriculture and Food security
Introduction to GIS and R.S concepts in the context of climate change, Agriculture and Food security.
GIS project design and setup
Sources of GIS data for climate change, Agriculture and Food security
Basic use of GIS Software
Integrating data from different sources into a GIS
Using handheld GPS for field data collection
Geospatial Analysis for Agriculture and food security
Mapping areas of climate change
Mapping areas of food insecurity
Remote Sensing in climate change, Agriculture and Food security.
Introduction to Remote sensing
Use of Remote sensing and image analysis software
Image interpretation
Image classification
Change detection
Module 2:
The impacts of climate change on Agriculture and food security (Use of GIS in Climate Predictions)
Response to climate change: Adaptation and mitigation: the climate analogue tool
Role of climatic change detection on Agriculture and food security
International and National Policy Framework for addressing climate change; UNFCCC Kyoto protocol and existing local policies
GIS and Remote sensing in Agriculture
Yield monitoring and mapping
Characterizing soil spatial variability
Site?specific soil management: prescription maps
Grid sampling, management zones, realistic yield expectations
Remote sensing (RS) for site?specific management.
Module 3:
Assessment
Food Security Assessment and Analysis
The use of satellite imagery for food insecurity detection and recovery
Visualization of vulnerability information
Assessing food insecurity impact
Climate change sources of uncertainty and variation
Module 4
Global Positioning System (GPS) and Basic GPS skills
Types of GPS
GPS, GLONAS, Argos, and other data types and sources
Developing standard procedures and guidelines
GPS configuration, Capturing data from surveys
GPS data download and related tasks
Integrating GPS field data into the GIS database
Module 5
Public Participatory GIS and data collection using mobile phones
Participatory GIS methods
Participatory GIS and HVR analysis
Community-based climate predictions
Using GIS to Build hazard-aware and ready communities
Use of Mobile Phones for GIS Data collection in Assessment and Surveys
Case Studies:
Integrating Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (Climate Analogue)
GIS based approaches for adapting Agriculture to Climate Change
TRAINING CUSTOMIZATION
This training can also be customized for your institution upon request. You can also have it delivered your preferred location.
For further inquiries, please contact us through Mobile: (+254 759 285 295) or Email: training@fineresultsresearch.org
REQUIREMENTS
Participants should be reasonably proficient in English. During the trainings, participants should come with their own laptops.
TRAINING FEE
The course fee covers the course tuition, training materials, two break refreshments, lunch, and study visits.
ACCOMMODATION
Accommodation is arranged upon request. For reservations contact us through Mobile: (+254 759 285 295)
or Email: training@fineresultsresearch.org
PAYMENT
Payment should be transferred to FineResults Research Limited bank before commencement of training. Send proof of payment through the email: training@fineresultsresearch.org
CANCELLATION POLICY
• All requests for cancellations must be received in writing.
• Changes will become effective on the date of written confirmation being received.
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Payment should be transferred to FineResults Research Services account through bank on or before C.O.B. 17th February 2021
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