DiMTEC, University of the Free State (UFS), South Africa, ZFL, University of Bonn, UNU-EHS, UNOOSA / UN-SPIDER
The Stakeholder Workshop on Earth observation-based information products for drought risk on a national basis (EviDENz) occurred from 4 to 8 June 2018 in Pretoria and Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Objectives and Expected Outcomes
The objective of the EvIDENz stakeholder workshop was to make decision makers and technical staff of several institutions of South Africa aware of the workflow developed by ZFL and UNU-EHS to contribute to the estimation of the impacts of droughts on crops and livestock, to understand drought risks and to discuss a methodological approach to implement the use of the workflow. In addition, the workshop was used to train technical staff on the use of the workflows as presented in the UN-SPIDER Knowledge Portal.
Resources
Presentations
PRESENTER | TITLE | PRESENTATION |
|---|---|---|
| 4 June 2018 - Stakeholder Workshop in Pretoria | ||
| UN-SPIDER, DIMTEC and UFS | Welcome stakeholders and roundtable introduction | Download |
| NDMC, SANSA and CSIR | Recent advances in the use of space technologies in South Africa in the agricultural sector and key challenges in monitoring the impacts as per the Sendai framework targets | Download |
| Session 1: EvIDENz project and its workflow | ||
| ZFL | Segment of the workflow on the use of space-based vegetation indexes | Download |
| UNU-EHS | Workflow to estimate the number of people affected due to agricultural drought and understanding drought risk in South Africa | Download |
| Session 2: Monitoring droughts in South Africa | ||
| Drought monitoring in South Africa | Presentation on efforts in South Africa to monitor drought as a weather event and its impacts on hydrologic resources | Download |
| Use of space technologies in agriculture | Recent advances in the use of space technologies in South Africa in the agricultural sector | Download |
| Discussion | What are the current challenges in South Africa regarding the compilation of data on impacts of droughts and other hazards to generate reports to be incorporated in the Sendai Monitoring tool? | Download |
| 5 and 6 June 2018 - Training Segment - Pretoria | ||
| UN-SPIDER | Introduction to EvIDENz workflow | |
| Session 3: Sendai framework monitoring and reporting | ||
| UN-SPIDER | Training on the EvIDENz workflow | |
| 8 June 2018 - Stakeholder Workshop in Eastern Cape | ||
| Session 1: EvIDENz project and its workflows | ||
| ZFL | EvIDENZ workflow. A segment of the workflow on the use of space-based vegetation indexes | |
| UNU-EHS | EvIDENz workflow. Workflow to estimate the number of people affected due to agricultural drought and understanding drought risk in South Africa | Download |
| Drought monitoring in Eastern Cape | Presentation on efforts in Eastern Cape to monitor drought as a weather event and its impacts on hydrologic resources | Download |
| Session 2: Monitoring droughts in South Africa | ||
| UN-SPIDER | Overview of the operational elements of the EvIDENz workflow. Hardware and software employed to use the workflow; data sources and pre-processing; characterization of the severity of droughts in Eastern Cape: an example from the workflows; incorporation of the in-situ data on land-use (agriculture, livestock, population census); the output of the workflow (number of people affected by drought). | Download |
| Discussion on potential implementation of workflow | Next steps to incorporate EvIDENz workflow to assess and report on crop losses in South Africa: Modifying workflow to address other provinces in South Africa; testing; and potential implementation | Download |
