Dear agrigis people Just to inform you that istSOS was successfully used in the FP7 project ENORASIS (www.enorasis.eu) to optimize (min water & max yield) irrigation schedule using weather forecast and field law cost sensor.
Also in the H2020 project FREEWAT (www.freewat.eu) a set of tools for hydrogeological and crop modelling & integrated in QGIS are under developement (of course all is free and open source). Hope it is of interest. Best Maxi Il 13/Feb/2016 08:52, "Suchith Anand" <suchith.an...@nottingham.ac.uk> ha scritto: > Dear colleague, > > I am emailing you to invite you to join the *Geo4All AgriGIS thematic* > that is lead by *Dr Didier Leibovici (University of Nottingham, UK ) *and *Dr. > Nobusuke Iwasaki ( National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences > (NIAES), Japan*). > > Mobile broadband networks, location-based technologies, sensor-web > technologies and cloud computing offer the potentials to develop location > independent, sustainable living and to provide flexible and low cost > information and services networks, linking individuals and communities in a > scale that transcends national boundaries. Rapid developments in > positioning, broad-band mobile communications, sensor platforms, sensor-web > enablement, spatial search and pervasive computing fundamentally change the > access to and use of location-based data for agriculture. However, the > necessary multi-disciplinary approach needed to transform raw data and > information into useful intelligence and knowledge for scientists is still > constrained by disciplinary and organisational silo's and legacy concepts. > Geospatial interoperability and open source standards-based GIS and open > data will help deliver holistic solutions in geospatial technologies in > AgriGIS by enabling the ready integration of separate location relevant > technologies and lowering costs. The expanding range of open source GIS > tools and open data will greatly enhance the use of geospatial technologies > in agriculture and facilitates the sharing of information across various > stakeholders and collaborative work. > > To give you some background information, myself and Didier Leibovici in > 2012 established AgriGIS theme [1] at the University of Nottingham through > a *BBSRC funded GRASP research* [2] that we were successful in > collaboration with Plant Science colleagues . The aim of establishing > AgriGIS research theme at Nottingham was to expand cross-disciplinary > research into the application of geospatial science to agriculture, in > genetic diversity including identifying new sources of trait variation, > planning breeding objectives with local knowledge input, and evaluating the > effect of climate change scenarios . We also build wider research > collaborations with *Crops for the Future , Malaysia* [3] and *the Open > Source Geospatial Lab, UNMC, Malaysia* (Tuong Thuy Vu) [4] through > various ongoing research (incl. fully funded PhD studentships) and AgriGIS > workshops [5]. > > You can get some overview of GRASP from AgriGIS workshop that we held at > Nottingham https://rd-alliance.org/sites/default/files/AgriGIS2014.pdf > > I am also contributing to RDA's Agriculture Data IG and i have presented > our work at the RDA Agriculture IG session in Dublin in 2014 looking into > *Geospatial > interoperability in Agriculture research*. I also know the chair of the > Agriculture IG , Devika Madalli (Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore) > and other colleagues in the IG. > > > https://rd-alliance.org/group/agriculture-data-interest-group-igad/post/geospatial-interoperability-agriculture-research > > https://rd-alliance.org/sites/default/files/GRASP_GFS_for_RDA_Dublin2014.pdf > > Aiming to expand our AgriGIS research globally, we have been building > global research collaborations through our involvement in global research > initiatives like the *Research Data Alliance (RDA)* ,for example leading > the Geospatial IG [4]. Research Data Alliance builds the social and > technical bridges that enable open sharing of data. The RDA vision is > researchers and innovators openly sharing data across technologies, > disciplines, and countries to address the grand challenges of society.The > Research Data Alliance is supported by the European Commission, the > National Science Foundation and other U.S. agencies, and the Australian > Government.Details at https://rd-alliance.org/ > > I am also in discussions for expanding collaborations with Global Open > Data for Agriculture and Nutrition (GODAN) initiative [7] . The* Global > Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition (GODAN)* initiative seeks to > support global efforts to make agricultural and nutritionally relevant data > available, accessible, and usable for unrestricted use worldwide. The > initiative focuses on building high-level policy and public and private > institutional support for open data. The initiative encourages > collaboration and cooperation among existing agriculture and open data > activities, without duplication, and brings together all stakeholders to > solve long-standing global problem. GODAN has high level governmental > support (G7, United Nations, FAO) and strong collaborations in place with > governments worldwide so it is important that we have synergies with GODAN > and work together AND support the proactive sharing of open data to make > information about agriculture and nutrition available, accessible and > usable to deal with the urgent challenge of ensuring world food security. > > Capacity Building and Training in the latest geospatial technologies is > key for staff and students in Agriculture to take advantage of the > technological innovations in AgriGIS(removing the need for high cost > proprietary GI software). *It will also encourage more collaborations and > startups which will help accelerate digital economy for the future . This > will create innovation opportunities globally and locally.* For example, > the startup community is especially open to the use of open software and > data avoiding huge licensing costs and restrictions which may impact on > their business plans, raise early start-up costs and restrict their ability > to innovate and it frees them of the need to use proprietary software and > data allowing them greater branding freedom and product flexibility. > > BBSRC Funded GRASP is a good example of open philosophy (open source, open > standards, open data, open access ) in AgriGIS research and now with over > 100 dedicated Open Source Geospatial Labs already been established in > universities and research organisations around the world as part of the > "Geo for All" initiative in just two year's time, we are now expanding > research in AgriGIS through our global research labs for this, so please > join us at https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/geoforall-agrigis > AND let us work together to support open principles in Agriculture research > to deal with the urgent challenge of ensuring world food security. > > Best wishes, > > Suchith Anand > http://www.geoforall.org > > > [1] > https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/ngi/research/geospatial-science/geospatial-science.aspx > [2] > https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/ngi/research/geospatial-science/projects/grasp-gfs.aspx > [3] http://www.cffresearch.org/ > [4] > http://www.nottingham.edu.my/Geography/Research/GeospatialScience/OSGEO-lab.aspx > [5] > http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/ngi/documents/news-pdfs/agrigis2012proceedings.pdf > [6] https://rd-alliance.org/groups/geospatial-ig.html > [7] http://www.godan.info > > > > > This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee > and may contain confidential information. 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