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 (CCAFS).
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 CCAFS
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 CCAFS 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

TOPICS TO BE COVERED

Key concepts and definitions
The impacts of climate change on Agriculture and food security
Use of GIS in Climate Predictions
GIS and Remote sensing in Agriculture
Global Positioning System (GPS) and Basic GPS skills
Public Participatory GIS and data collection using mobile phones
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PAYMENT

Payment should be transferred to IRES account through bank on or before C.O.B 9th March 2018.

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Indepth Research Services (IRES) is a global institutional capacity building, technical and management consultancy firm with its head office in Nairobi, Kenya.

IRES offers technical and management consultancy services as well as education and training services designed for individuals’ and groups from organizations working in public, not for profit and private sectors.

IRES Kenya has identified itself with a niche market that largely comprises of Government ministries, departments and agencies (MDA’s) and UN agencies, Non-Governmental Organizations, from Africa, Europe, Asia, Middle-East and the Caribbean. We have also served academic institutions, international research organizations, financial institutions and private companies from across the globe. As at 2018 we offer our services in more than 15 locations globally.

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