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The Land-Potential Knowledge System:
USAID Webinar
October 21, 2014
Jeff Herrick (LandPKS Lead) and Adam Beh (LandPKS Coordinator)
Ioana Bouvier (LandPKS USAID Agreement Manager)
Innovative Knowledge Systems for Improved Land Management
Ioana Bouvier, USAID Agreement Manager
Ioana Bouvier is a Senior Geospatial Analyst in E3’s Land Tenure and Resource Management Office. She has a background in spatial decision support, GIS and remote sensing for international development program design, management and evaluation. Before USAID, Ioana served as the team leader for a geospatial analytic methods team at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), where she developed quantitative methods for spatio-temporal data analysis, modeling spatial processes and providing geospatial solutions for decision support and improved data management. She previously worked as a geospatial and development specialist for environment, food security and natural resources management international programs. Ioana can be contacted at [email protected]
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Jeff Herrick, LandPKS Lead
Jeff is a soil scientist with the USDA Agricultural Research Service in Las Cruces, New Mexico and holds adjunct faculty appointments at New Mexico State and Duke University. He serves as an advisor to US government agencies on increasing return on investments in rangeland monitoring and assessment, is a member of the International Resources Panel, and is the US Government’s science representative to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). Jeff can be contacted at [email protected]
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Adam Beh, LandPKS Coordinator
Adam is a human ecologist with the USDA-ARS Jornada Research Unit in Las Cruces, New Mexico. He holds a PhD in Human Dimensions of Natural Resources from Colorado State University. He has coordinated USAID-funded community conservation and livelihoods programs with Wildlife Conservation Society in South Sudan, and developed mechanisms for collaborative wildlife conservation and sustainable tourism practice in Samburu County, Kenya. He co-founded a grassroots non-profit (Samburu Youth Education Fund), managed by Samburu community leaders and supporting secondary school education for deserving youth in Waso Ward of Samburu County. Adam can be contacted at [email protected]
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Land Potential
The potential of the land, based on climate, soils, and topography to support:
Agricultural production
Biodiversity conservation
Other ecosystem services
…and to be degradation resistant and resilient
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Land-Potential Knowledge System (LandPKS)
Use internet and mobile phones to:
• Globalize access to knowledge
• Identify knowledge relevant to each type of land/soil
• Connect people with similar types of lands
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US National Archives
Oklahoma Conservation Commission: Photograph by Arthur Rothstein. Courtesy of the Western History Collection, University of Oklahoma Library from the Farm Security Administration Collection
Why a LandPKS?
As a result of the Dust Bowl of the 1930’s, Natural Resource Management in the United States began to understand the importance of soil resilience in addition to productivity.
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1.3 BILLION TONS of soil saved per year
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100
150
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1980 1990 2000 2010
Corn Yield (bu/acre)
Production continues to INCREASE.
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Results
Alternative Livelihoods and Agricultural Intensification Example
Alternative livelihoods and agricultural intensification example
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100m
Alternative Livelihoods
and Agricultural Intensification
Example
LandPKS Example Applied to User
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Knowledge Engine supported by global databases & models
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Additional questions from app (management
inputs, more detailed soil properties, etc.)
Sustainable land
management options
Sample
output
display to
Smartphon
e (Phase 1)
Sample output display to Smartphone (Phase I)
Output 1 Map of plots entered
Output 2 Graphs illustrating relative
production and erosion potential for each plot uploaded
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Sample output to user-accessible website (Phase I) Sample output to user-accessibl
e website (Phase
1)
SUPPORT Extension
(Government, NGO, ODA, Consultants)
SUPPORT Farmers and Pastoralists
TARGET Grazing management
Crop inputs Biodiversity
conservation, Restoration,
Land Use Planning & Management
Subsidy/Incentives (Gov, NGO, ODA)
INFORM Land Use Planning
and Land Tenure
Programs (Government)
Global Local Knowledge
Global Scientific
Knowledge
Geospatial Information
LandPKS
Land-Potential Knowledge System (LandPKS)
Contact: Jeff Herrick (USDA) [email protected]
CONNECT Farmers and
Pastoralists with Each Other based on Common Land Potential & Challenges
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LandPKS Diagram
LandPKS Impact
LandPKS creates the ability to share knowledge around the region, country, and globe.
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Similar soils and climate
Similar soils and climate allow global sharing of innovations (New Mexico, USA)
Shallow soil over calcium carbonate “pan” in the US. 15
Similar soils - Namibia
Similar soil and climate – some surface soil remains (Kunene, Namibia)
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Similar soil - Kenya Similar soil – surface nearly completely eroded (south-central Kenya)
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Inputs, Analytics and Outputs
From Global Databases Linked via User
Application Inputs
Climate
Topography
Predicted soils
*Future inputs may include socioeconomic data (e.g. existing infrastructure, food preferences, land tenure population demographics)
From User via Mobile Phone Application
Land management question
Topography (slope)
Land use/vegetation
Soil texture/color/depth
Location (phone GPS)
Inputs*
Co-produced knowledge (Existing databases + LPKS
generated knowledge)
Point database for additional objectives:
Remote sensing calibration
Model development and calibration
Drought planning
Disaster response
Etc…
List of land management options ranked based on
productivity and sustainability
Outputs
Identify management options
Predict site conditions (Climate, Topography,
Soils)
Define biophysical similarity to other
locations
Evaluate value of land-potential knowledge
from areas with similar potential
Analytics
Feedback: Field monitoring + generated knowledge supports future planning
Define potential productivity, resistance
(and resilience)
Product 1 (October 2014) Site Characterization
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User input (auto upload to server*):
• Soil texture (video decision key)
• Soil color (camera + reference)
• Observable soil properties
• Topography
Output to phone:
• Site summary
• Climate (based on GPS location)
Output to online, user-accessible database with spreadsheet output:
• Data for all sites input by individual project
• Currently working on policy for data sharing
*Cell connection not required at time of data collection.
Product 2 (October 2014) Vegetation/soil cover monitoring (“Stick Method”)
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User input (auto upload to server*):
• Ground cover by life form (point-intercept)
• Vegetation height
• Plant density (up to 2 species)
• Vegetation gap size
Output to phone:
• Basic indicator summary
• Climate (based on GPS location)
Output to online, user-accessible database with spreadsheet output:
• Data for all sites input by individual project
• Currently working on policy for data sharing
*Cell connection not required at time of data collection.
Product 3 (October 2014 – Pilot Areas Only) Ranking Relative Potential and Degradation Risk
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User input (auto upload to server*):
• See Product 1 (Site Characterization)
Cloud computing:
• Integration with existing soil, climate datasets to refine soil property predictions
• APEX model predicts potential productivity, erosion for generic land use types
Output to phone:
• Climate (based on GPS location)
• Relative potential productivity and erosion risk for sites input by individual user (map + graph)
Output to online, user-accessible database with spreadsheet output:
• Data for all sites input by individual project
• Currently working on policy for data sharing
*Cell connection not required at time of data collection.
Initial anticipated applications:
• Land use planning: land conversion to agriculture
• Prioritize restoration activities.
What LandPKS will not do
Completely replace the need for extension and face-to-face conversations….
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….Instead, it will allow these conversations to begin with as much existing knowledge and information as possible, from around the world.
Applications of LandPKS
Connects: • Knowledge and information that already exists • Local knowledge and information that can be uploaded
by users
Documents: • Management system successes and failures associated
with specific types of land, current soil conditions, and climate
Allows: • Land owners all over the globe to use their land to the
fullest potential
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Questions?
Questions?
Continue the conversation with our presenters: Jeff Herrick (Lead) [email protected] Adam Beh (Coordinator) [email protected] Ioana Bouvier (USAID/E3/LTRM) [email protected]
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