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Use of innovative technologies for agricultural early warning systems

FAO-JRC webinar in the context of the EU-FAO strategic dialogue following up on the theme of “Food systems transformation through Digitalisation”.  

The event will gather input from agriculture and food security analysts, academia and civil society representatives on how to improve early warning systems for food security analysis and crisis prevention.

 

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  • food safety | food security
  • -
  • Online only

Programme

  1. 5 Jul 2022,
    01:00 PM - 01:05 PM CEST
    Opening

    Raschad Al Khafaji, Director of FAO LOB

  2. 01:05 PM - 01:20 PM CEST
    Short introductions

    Maximo Torero, FAO - Chief Economist and
    Alan Belward, JRC - Director Sustainable Resources

  3. 01:20 PM - 01:35 PM CEST
    Innovative technologies in FAO early warning systems

    Zhongxin Chen, FAO Senior Information Technology Officer and Coordinator of the Hand-In-Hand Geospatial platform

    Karl Morteo, FAO Information Technology Officer

  4. 01:35 PM - 01:50 PM CEST
    Innovative technologies in JRC early warning systems

    Felix Rembold, JRC - Food Security team lead

  5. 01:50 PM - 02:00 PM CEST
    Feedback and reflections by GIEWS

    Mario Zappacosta, FAO – Head of GIEWS

  6. 02:00 PM - 02:10 PM CEST
    Feedback and reflections by GEOGLAM

    Inbal Becker-Reshef, NASA Harvest - Programme Director

  7. 02:10 PM - 02:20 PM CEST
    Feedback and reflections by IPC

    Josè Lopez, FAO – IPC Global Programme Manager

  8. 02:20 PM - 02:35 PM CEST
    Q&A session

    Moderator: Myrto Arvaniti, FAO LOB - Marketing and Communication

  9. 02:35 PM - 02:45 PM CEST
    Wrap up and closing remarks

    Willem Olthof, DG INTPA – Deputy Head of Unit Sustainable Agri-Food systems and Fisheries

Practical information

When
-
Where
Online only
Who should attend
agricultural and food security analysts, academia, civil society
Languages
English
Website
Description
ASAP warning explorer
ASAP - Anomaly hotsspots of agricultural production
European Union, 2022

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission (JRC) have developed agricultural early warning systems based on a combination of public weather and earth observation data sources.

These digital platforms contribute to informing operational early warning systems such as GIEWS (Global Information and Early Warning System), multi-stakeholder agricultural monitoring networks such as GEOGLAM and ultimately market information systems such as the Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS) and food security analysis based on the International Food Security Phase Classification (IPC).

The event will collect input on how early warning systems can be further improved for food security analysis and crisis prevention. How can they fully exploit new technologies like high resolution EO, cloud computing (CC) and artificial intelligence (AI)?