Developing capacity for impactful use of Earth Observation data : Lessons from the AfriCultuReS project
Pritchard, Rose (University of Manchester)
Alexandridis, Thomas (School of Agriculture)
Amponsah, Mary (University of Ghana)
Ben Khatra, Nabil (Observatoire du Sahara et du Sahel)
Brockington, Dan (University of Sheffield. Department of Private Law)
Chiconela, Tomás (Universidade Eduardo Mondlane)
Ortuño Castillo, Jesús (Remote Sensing Services and Exploitation Platforms Division. Isaac Newton 11 (PTM))
Garba, Issa (AGHRYMET Regional Centre)
Gómez-Giménez, Marta (Remote Sensing Services and Exploitation Platforms Division. Isaac Newton 11 (PTM))
Haile, Menghestab (Egypt Country Office)
Kagoyire, Clarisse (University of Rwanda)
Kganyago, Mahlatse (South African National Space Agency)
Kleine, Dorothea (The University of Sheffield)
Korme, Tesfaye (GeoSAS Consulting)
Manni, Alemu A. (GeoSAS Consulting)
Mashiyi, Nosiseko (South African National Space Agency)
Massninga, Jadwiga (Universidade Eduardo Mondlane)
Mensah, Foster (University of Ghana)
Mugabowindekwe, Maurice (University of Copenhagen)
Meta, Vivianne (LocateIT)
Noort, Mark (HCP International)
Pérez Ramirez, Patricia (Remote Sensing Services and Exploitation Platforms Division. Isaac Newton 11 (PTM))
Suárez Beltrán, Juan (Remote Sensing Services and Exploitation Platforms Division. Isaac Newton 11 (PTM))
Zoungrana, Evence (Observatoire du Sahara et du Sahel)

Data:	2022
Descripció:	8 pàg.
Resum:	An increasing number of products and services based on satellite Earth Observation (EO) data are being developed for use by decision-makers in African agricultural contexts, providing information such as weather and climate forecasts, crop yields and water availability. Capacity development to support impactful use of EO data is a key component of many EO-for-development initiatives, but there is little consensus over where or how capacity should be developed. Our goal in this piece is to provide a critical perspective on the capacity development required to support the creation of more impactful EO data services. Drawing on a capacity needs assessment carried out as part of the AfriCultuReS project (a major EO-for-development initiative), we identify proximate factors which inhibit the success of EO data services such as flawed communication strategies, low relevance in African agricultural contexts, duplication of existing products, and lack of financial sustainability. We link these proximate challenges todeeper issues such as unequal access to funding and resources, fragmentation in the EO field, and relational asymmetries of power, all of which combine to exclude important forms of knowledge from decision-making. Based on this needs assessment, we argue that capacity development requires broader systems-based approaches which develop the capacities of all actors (including those in the Global North) to respect different forms of knowledge, use and participate in co-design approaches, and recognise and challenge the asymmetries of power which currently limit the involvement of certain groups in processes of EO data service design.
Ajuts:	European Commission 774652
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Llengua:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Matèria:	SDG 13 - Climate Action
Publicat a:	Environmental Development, Vol. 42 (2022) , p. 100695, ISSN 2211-4645

DOI: 10.1016/j.envdev.2021.100695

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