TRIAD - Preliminary design of an operational earth resources survey system Final report

Design of operational earth resources survey syste

Appropriate technology for sustainable food security:

CONTENTS: Brief 1. Overview / Per Pinstrup-Andersen Brief 2. Farmer-Based Agro-Ecological Technology / Jules Pretty Brief 3. Conventional Research-Based Technology / Prabhu Pingali Brief 4. Modern Biotechnology / Calestous Juma Brief 5. Modern Technology for African Agriculture / Jennifer Thomson Brief 6. Information and Communcations Technologies / Nuimuddin Chowdhury Brief 7. GIS, GPS, and Remote Sensing / Uwe Deichmann and Stanley Wood Brief 8. Alternative Energy Sources / R. K. Pachauri and Pooja Mehrotra Brief 9. Food Irradiation / Morton SatinTechnology., Technological innovations., Food security., Sustainability.,

Options for Economic Growth in Mali through the Application of Science and Technology to Agriculture

Prepared For The United States Agency for International Development Initiative To End Hunger In Africafood security, food policy, Mali science and technology research, research and extension, International Development, Q18,

WINGSForum 2006: Making a Difference in Philanthropy, Conference Report

WINGS Forum 2006, held November 16-18, 2006 in Bangkok, Thailand, attracted 50% more participants than the Sydney event and was accompanied by extensive satellite meetings between two specialised constituencies within the WINGS network: these worked on the promotion, development and support of community foundations and corporate giving. This report consists of the main speeches, workshop presentations, and discussions as well as a taste of the networking and social events. The many individuals and organisations who helped to make WINGSForum 2006 possible are acknowledged at the end of the report

Human Resource Development in Africa

SMART Africa Manifesto was endorsed by all countries of African Union in 2014. African countries have cooperated to enable innovation, communication and advocacy, capacity building and resource mobilization through ICT. SMART Africa Steering Committee recommended that African space program proposal with Japan was implemented in cooperation with African Union on space developments for achieving Sustainable Development Goals continuously and synergistically in February 2018. The University of Tokyo and Japan Space Systems have cooperated to provide capacity building programs about micro-satellite developments and Earth observation satellite data analysis techniques to African young engineers. 2 optical cameras as a pseudo-multi-spectral were loaded on the planned Japanese 3U-size satellite, RWASAT-1. Those cameras were expected to acquire data for land degradation, deforestation, agriculture and other objects. Japan Space Systems has had training programs about Earth observation satellite data analyses with open and free GIS software and ASTER datasets. Using open and free software and datasets made participants analyze sustainably after the programs. When African young engineers have abilities to develop and operate micro-satellites and to analyze Earth observation satellite data, they also have abilities to expand and share their space technologies to African countries through SMART Africa for African developments in near future

Shaping globalization for poverty alleviation and food security:

CONTENTS: Brief 1. Introduction / Eugenio Díaz-Bonilla and Sherman Robinson Brief 2. The Nature of Disagreements / Ravi Kanbur Brief 3. Growth and Poverty / Manohar Sharma, Sam Morley, and Eugenio Díaz-Bonilla Brief 4. Trade and Food Security / Eugenio Díaz-Bonilla and Marcelle Thomas Brief 5. Nutrition / Julie Babinard and Per Pinstrup-Andersen Brief 6. High-Value Agriculture / Christopher Delgado, Nicholas Minot, and Nikolas Wada Brief 7. Food Safety and Food Quality / Laurian J. Unnevehr Brief 8. Technological Change / Peter B. R. Hazell Brief 9. Intellectual Property Rights and Agricultural R&D / Philip G. Pardey and Brian D. Wright Brief 10. Environment / Stanley Wood Brief 11. Democracy and Civil Society / Marzia Fontana and Yukitsugu Yanoma Brief 12. Conflict and Food Insecurity / Ellen Messer and Marc J. Cohen Brief 13. Governments and Public Policy / Eugenio Díaz-Bonilla and Sherman RobinsonNutrition., Intellectual property., Conflict management., Food security., Poverty alleviation., Afghanistan., Globalization,

Energy Power, Digital Infrastructure and Elearning Platforms: Afrrican Experience.

Information and communication technologies are one of the most pervasive technologies in the world, second only to 'human intelligence' or the human brain. Thus, understanding the factors that determine the diffusion of new technologies across african countries is important to understanding the process of economic development. And whereas, energy is linked with the capacity to perform, the rate at which energy is consumed for the acceleration of the pace of socio-economic activities is regarded as power. Consequently, it will be obvious that the magnitude of the standard of living in any society; the growth and development of such an economy; and its ability to affect the course of events(such as ICT revolution)will be a function of the extent to which its energy(power) resources are developed and utilised. This paper therefore argued for the need to provide assistance in reducing vulnerability and building the capacity of african countries to more widely reap the benefits of the clean development mechanism in areas such as the development of cleaner and renewable energies. Inevitably, this is the critical condition for the sustainability of the emergent e-learning platforms and digital networks in africa.ICT, learning, elearning, development, energy, power, information, communication, solar, electricity, wind, governance, africa, electronics, telecommunications, internet, digital, satellite, renewable energy, gas turbine, power plants, bandwidth, coal, hydro, biomass, steam, transmission, distribution, utilisation

Space enabled smart Africa (SESA)

Urbanization in Africa is growing at a rapid pace and so is the population growth. Cities in Africa are struggling to cope with the demand that urban migration brings. For example, Africa has over 60% of her population located in the urban areas. These urban locations are sprawling slums due to the massive influx of people and inadequate housing systems. The United Nations, through the Sustainable Development Goals called for a sustainable cities and communities. This project is focus on using the smart city approach to tackle these urbanization issues. With the advancement in satellite application systems, smart cities can be enabled through space technology to address these urbanization and other issues affecting the African region. Integrating space technology, such as communication, Earth observation, and satellite aided position timing & navigation application systems and small satellite technology, to the smart city paradigm could provide sustainable ways in which problems like digital division, over population, natural disaster, etc. could be managed and eradicated

WATER FOR A HUNGRY WORLD: Innovation in Water and Food Security: Proceedings of the 2019 Water for Food Global Conference. Lincoln.

Welcome and Opening Remarks : Mike Boehm, Vice President and Vice Chancellor of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Nebraska ; Peter G. McCornick, Executive Director, Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute at the University of Nebraska How the Irrigation Industry is Driving the Future through Efficient Technologies. Speaker: Deborah Hamlin, CEO, Irrigation Association Sustainable Solutions for Water and Food Security — Business Perspectives. Speaker: Mark Edge, Director of Collaborations for Developing Countries, Bayer Value of Water. Speakers: Dustin Garrick, Associate Professor and Co-Director of the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment at the University of Oxford ; Tom Iseman, Director of Water Scarcity and Markets Strategy, The Nature Conservancy, Global Program ; Richael Young, Co-Founder and CEO, Mammoth Trading Supporting Profitable & Sustainable, Farmer-led Agriculture — Moderator: Montaha Hassan, Associate Operations Officer, International Finance Corporation, World Bank Group ; Speakers/Panelists: Jennie Barron, Professor of Water Management in Agricultural Landscapes, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Rob Bertram, Chief Scientist, Bureau for Food Security, USAID Ariana Constant, Director of Programs, Clinton Development Initiative, Clinton Foundation Selamawit Damtew, World Bank, Africa Fellow Regassa Ensermu Namara, Senior Water Economist, World Bank Water Global Practice Petra Schmitter, Research Group Leader, Agricultural Water Management, International Water Management Institute Innovations in Irrigation — Moderator: Sally Rockey, Executive Director, Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research; Presenters: Panelists: Jay Ham, Colorado State University Cathie Lavis, Kansas State University Christopher Neale, Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute David Zoldoske, Fresno State University George Burba, Science & Strategy Fellow, LI-COR Biosciences Deborah Hamlin, CEO, Irrigation Association John Kastl, Sr. Director of Innovation and Intellectual Property, Valley Irrigation Val Kovalskky, Lead Remote Sensing Scientist, Geospatial Team of The Climate Corporation Albert Maurin, Sales & Tactical Marketing Manager, FieldNET & FieldNET Advisor, Lindsay Corporation Aric Olson, President, Jain Irrigation “It’s Irrigation, Jim, But Not as We Know It” : Insights From a Synthesis Report, DFID-ESRC Growth Research Programme. Speaker: Bruce Lankford, Professor of Water and Irrigation Policy, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom Harnessing Innovation for Sustainable Water Management - Speaker: Sally Rockey, Executive Director, Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research Developing Strategic Framework for Drought Risk Management and Improving Drought Monitoring Tools for Africa - Speaker: Tsegaye Tadesse, Research Associate Professor, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Climatologist and Remote Sensing Expert, National Drought Mitigation Center Close-range and Remote Sensing Technologies and their Role in Mitigating Drought Stress — Moderator: Archie Clutter, Dean, Agricultural Research Division, University of Nebraska–Lincoln ; Speakers: Tala Awada, Associate Dean, School of Natural Resources; Physiological Plant Ecologist; University of Nebraska–Lincoln Sruti Das Choudhury, Image Analysis Specialist, School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska–Lincoln John Gamon, Quantitative Remote Sensing Scientist, University of Nebraska–Lincoln Yufeng Ge, Assistant Professor, Biological Systems Engineering, University of Nebraska–Lincoln Ayse Kilic, Professor and Remote Sensing Expert, School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska–Lincoln Harkamal Walia, Associate Professor, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, University of Nebraska–Lincoln Water: A War Game Scenario — Facilitators: National Strategic Research Institute and Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute Water Quality, Nutrition and Climate Change — Moderator: Claudia Ringler, Deputy Director of Environment and Production Technology Division, International Food Policy Research Institute ; Speakers: Panelists: Jesse Bell, Claire M. Hubbard Professor of Health and Environment, University of Nebraska Medical Center Martha Mamo, Department Head, John E. Weaver Professor of Agronomy and Horticulture, University of Nebraska–Lincoln Martha Rhoades, Research Manager, Xenobiotics Laboratory, University of Nebraska–Lincoln Claudia Ringler, Director of Environment and Production Technology Division, International Food Policy Research Institute Graham Christensen, President, GC Resolve, LLC Mik Schulte, Operations Analysit, Water in Agriculture Global Water Solutions, World Bank of Environment and Production Technology Division, International Food Policy Research Institute Water Reuse, an Untapped Resource for Food Production - Moderator: Yulie Meneses, Research Assistant Professor, Food Science and Technology Department, University of Nebraska–Lincoln; Water for Food Processing Specialist, Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute ; Speakers: Wei Liao, Director of the Anaerobic Digestion Research Education Center, Michigan State University ; Bahman Sheikh, Independent Water Reuse Consultant ; Kurt Schwabe, Professor of Environmental Economics and Policy, University of California Riverside ; Kristan VandenHeuvel, Research Manager, Water Research Foundation Entrepreneurship Marketplace - Participants: John Gates, Chief Science Officer, CropMetrics Ramsay Huntley, Vice President and Clean Technology and Innovation Philanthropy Program Officer, Wells Fargo Neil Johnson, President and CEO, SmallData Tech Oren Kind, Chief Commercial Officer and U.S. General Manager, Phytech Vishal Singh, CEO and Founder, QuantifiedAg Monty Teeter, CEO, Dragon Line Steve Tippery, President and CEO, RealmFive Agriculture Welcome and Opening Remarks -- Speakers: Ronnie Green, Chancellor, University of Nebraska ; Mike Boehm, Vice President and Vice Chancellor of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Nebraska A Water Secure World For All: Sustaining Water Resources, Delivering Services, Building Resilience - Speaker: Jennifer Sara, Senior Director, Water Global Practice, World Bank Group Water and Food Security in the State of Bahía, Brazil - Speaker: Leonardo Góes Silva, Secretary of Water Infrastructure and Sanitation, State of Bahía, Brazil Flash Talk Presentations : Technology and Resilience in Irrigated Row Crop Systems - Speaker: Hannah E. Birgé, Water and Agriculture Program Manager,The Nature Conservancy in Nebraska ; Nebraska Strong: Rebuilding After Historic Flood - Speaker: Steve Nelson, President, Nebraska Farm Bureau ; Malawi — USA via The Netherlands: How My Career Path Changed My Perspective - Speaker: Mavuto Banda, double masters degree graduate, University of Nebraska–Lincoln and IHE Delft Institute for Water Education (The Netherlands) Policy Strategies for Agriculture Supply Chain Management - Presenters: S. Sajeesh, Assistant Professor, Marketing Department, College of Business, University of Nebraska–Lincoln Shivam Gupta, Assistant Professor, Supply Chain Management and Analytics Department, College of Business, University of Nebraska–Lincoln Marco Ugarte, Sustainability Consultant, Antea Group J. Kalu Osiri, Director of International Business, College of Business, University of Nebraska–Lincoln Kelechi Chibuikem, Graduate student, Community and Regional Planning, University of Nebraska–Lincoln Azariah Lawal, Graduate student, School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska–Lincoln Jacob Monti, Mechanical Engineering, University of Nebraska–Lincoln (Alum) Theo Udeigwe, Director of Research, Institute for the Advancement of Developing Economies Water Footprint: How Light Are We Treading - Moderator: Christopher Neale, Director of Research, Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute ; Speakers: Galen Erickson, Animal Science Professor, University of Nebraska–Lincoln ; Landon Marston, Assistant Professor, Kansas State University ; Mesfin Mekonnen, Post-doctoral Research Associate, Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute ; Christopher Neale, Director of Research, Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute ; Pasquale Steduto, Regional Strategic Program Coordinator, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Drought Early Warning and Risk Management: Provision of Tools and Services for Informed Decision and Policy Making - Moderator: Mike Hayes, Professor, School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska–Lincoln Speakers: Jesse Bell, Claire M Hubbard Professor of Health and Environment, University of Nebraska Medical Center Ravinder Kaur, Principal Scientist, Indian Agricultural Research Institute Eduardo Martins, President, FUNCEME, Brazil Rachael McDonnell, Principal Researcher, International Water Management Institute Mark Svoboda, Director, Associate Research Professor, National Drought Mitigation Center, University of Nebraska–Lincoln Business Models for Smallholder Irrigation - Presenters: Samuel Adewole, Co-Founder, Volta Irrigatio William Shyaka Bakunda, Entreprenuer and Farmer, Rwanda Charles Kwarteng, CEO and Co-Founder, Volta Irrigation Grace Mukarusagara, Irrigation Consultant, Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute Fabien Ngoga, Rwanda Project Coordinator and Country Representative, European Cooperative for Rural Development Petra Schmitter, Research Group Leader, Agricultural Water Management, International Water Management Institute Keeping It Fresh: Protecting Fresh Water Quality and Mitigating Pollution - Moderator: Mike Hayes, Professor, School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska–Lincoln ; Panelists: Richard B. Ferguson, Vice Chancellor, Rwanda Institute for Conservation Agriculture Matthew Helmers, Director, Iowa Nutrient Research Center, Iowa State University Brian Krienke, Assistant Extension Educator, University of Nebraska–Lincoln Martha Kauffman, Managing Director, Northern Great Plains, World Wildlife Fund View From the Field - Moderator: Leticia Obeng, International Advisory Panel member, Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute ; Panelists: William Shyaka Bakunda, Entreprenuer and Farmer, Rwanda Dean Eisenhauer, Professor Emeritus, University of Nebraska–Lincoln; Farmer, Nebraska Grace Mukarusagara, Irrigation Consultant, Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute Jerry Stahr, Farmer, Nebraska Elisa Zancanaro Zanella, Farmer, Brazil Closing Remarks - Peter G. McCornick, Executive Director, Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute Managing Water and Agriculture for Sustainable Food Security - Heuermann Lecture - Mark Rosegrant, Research Fellow Emeritus, International Food Policy Research Institute WOMEN FOR WATER : A Side Event of the Water for Food Global Conference Peter Rogers Memorial Student Poster Competition — Online Competition Winners : First Place $1,000 cash + conference registration - Ear Formation Issues in Corn: a Field Survey. Osler Ortez; Second Place$750 cash + conference registration - Pesticide Application Practices And Knowledge Among Small-Scale Local Rice Growers And Communities in Rwanda. Ben Ndayambaje ; Third Place $500 cash + conference registration - Effect of Chlorination on Treatment of Meat Processing Wastewater Using Immobilized Co-culture of Microalgae and Activated Sludge. Xinjuan Hu. On-site Competition Winners: First Place$1,000 cash - Improving Aquifer Characterization through Integration of Airborne Electromagnetics (AEM) and Well Hydrographs. Jacqueline Polashek. Second Place $750 cash - Predicting Crop Yield Losses Due to Soil- Water Alinity: Comparison of Traditional and Alternative Approaches. Ansley Brown. Third Place$500 cash - Sustainability of Safe Foods: An Integrated Life Cycle Assessment of Antimicrobial Systems during U.S. Beef Processing in the Food-Energy-Water Nexus. Shaobin Li. People’s Choice $300 cash - Soil Structure and Soil Texture Effects on Soil Water Content Measurement by a Capacitance-Based Electromagnetic Sensor. Jasreman Singh. Metrics (attendees, etc.) Photo

Sustainable Development in Africa: Is the Climate Right?

The purpose of this document is to set out the IRI position on managing climate information in the development process in Africa, and to provide a convenient point of reference for all people working on related matters. The main message is that much better management of climate variability in a number of key sectors is essential to achieve the Millennium Development Goals and Sustainable Development in Africa. IRI, as an international development organization, is committed to the MDGs and is actively engaging partners in new ways to assist the process