Tamene, Lulseged

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Tamene, Lulseged D.

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Data solutions to transform agriculture: progress and experiencesLulseged Tamene (CIAT) on behalf of Coalition of the Willing members (lt.desta@cgiar.org)We acknowledge the support of GIZ, USAID, Africa RISING and CGIAR WLE programs. Special thank goes to members of CoW, taskforce and technical team who have been passionate and supportive all the way! Key Achievements• CoW data access and data sharing guideline developed• Dataset collated. Database built at EIAR.• Soils/agronomy data standardization guidelines developedIntroductionData is an infrastructure to make informed decisions. There are no standardized databases in Ethiopia despite the effort tocollect soil/agronomy data since the 1960s. This undermines the performance of agriculture costing the country millions ofdollars. Developing soils/agronomy database and establishing system to facilitate data access and sharing can reduceduplication of effort and promote innovation in analysis. We ventured into an ambitious effort to bring all availablesoils/agronomy data in the country together to enable advanced data analytics and support informed decision-making. We areon course to build soils/agronomy database following FAIR principles to facilitate data access and sharing in the country.Bottlenecks/challenges• Difficulty to get all available data• Absence of data quality control• Lack of data sharing experiences• Limited integration between effortsMajor Activities“What does it take to develop fertilizer recommendation DSS?”• Collate dataWay forward• Build comprehensive database + analytics• Create portal to facilitate data access and sharing• Build national capacity• Scale to other sectors - demand?• Data sharing? • Bilateral discussions • Meetings/workshops• Inventory, map and characterize legacy data• Soils/agronomy database • Build capacity in data analytics Agronomy and Soil Fertility Soil Survey Soil Biology• Created geospatial analysis community of practice• Built team of Data Scientists (AI, ML, DL• Built capacity of CoW members on data miningtechniques. Papers ready for Special Issue!• Influenced Development of National Soils/AgronomyData Sharing Policy• Legacy data mapped andcharacterized• Where are the data?Integration and links with national R&D system EIAR: Natural Resources Research Directorate, Climate, Geospatial, and Biometrics Research Directorate MoA: Soil Fertility Improvement Directorate, Ethiopian Soils Research Institute, ATA Ethiopian Agr. Research Council Secretariat  MoA: Soil Resource Information and Mapping Directorate, Extension Directorate  NGOs/ROs: CASCAPE, SG2000, CGs, GIZ• Knowledge ManagementSystem being developedhttp://geoscow.org.et/• Formed coalition of thewilling (CoW) and taskforce Soil, Plant, Water Analysis Agricultural Water Management Integrated Watershed Management Crop yield estimation Land suitability analysis tool Actual irrigation mapping DSS for investment planning Knowledge management Cross-cutting

Data solutions to transform agriculture: progress and experiences

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Data solutions to transform agriculture: progress and experiences

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