AGEDI

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• AGEDI
• Agricultural Data
• Dr. Ayad Altaai
• Special Advisor
• Environmental Research and Wildlife Development
  Agency (ERWDA)
• Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates,
• AGEDI General Coordinator
• Middle East Workshop on Agricultural Information
  Management
• Dubai, UAE, 10-13 January 2004

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• .we plan to undertake a pilot project in the
  United Arab Emirates, through which we seek to
  identify the problems, and propose solutions.
• 
  H.H. Sheikh Hamdan Al
  Nahyan,
• 
  Minister of State for Foreign
  Affairs, and
• Deputy Chairman,
• ERWDA
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  Earthtimes Magazine, October 2002

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Agriculture Sustainable Development

• Chapter 14 of AGENDA 21
• Promoting
• Sustainable Agriculture Rural Development

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Agriculture Sustainable Development

• Chapter 14 of AGENDA 21
• Need for
• Data Information Emphasised

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• High quality environmental data (HQED) is then
  vital to, not only, inter alia, Use Development
  of Natural Resource (soil, water, plants, etc.)
  but also for the individual farmer and
  governments at large. HQED is then prerequesit
  for the enhancement decision making.

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Agriculture in Developing Countries

• Increasing population limited area of
  agricultural land relates to increased pressure
  on
• agricultural production

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Arabian Peninsula

• Population Growth Rate (1990 2000) increased
  from 2.93 to 3.58
• WHILE
• PERCENTAGE of land area for use of arable
  permanent crops stayed the same

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Agriculture Growth

• Reliable, Comprehensive, Accessible ED
• is Necessary to achieve
• a Sound
• Sustainable Agricultural
• Aquaculture sector.

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Reliable, Comprehensive, Accessible EDfor
Agriculture

• Selected Queries!!!!!
• To What Extent Do they exist?
• What Are their Quality Standards?
• Are they Shared, Exchanged AT
• Local, National, Regional Levels?

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Barriers to Sustainable Agriculture

• Harsh environmental conditions
• Lack of effective training programmes, resources,
  Technology,
• Ever Widening ED GAPS!

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The Way Out !!

• NOT BAU Approach
• BUT
• GLOBAL HOLISTIC ACTION

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• ABU DHABI GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL DATA INITIATIVE
• (AGEDI)
• A Complimentary Global Action

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Abu Dhabi Global Environmental Data Initiative
(AGEDI)

• AGEDI Promotes the Implementation of the
  Environmental Provisions of Chapter 40 of AGENDA
  21

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AGEDI and Land Use Data
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AGEDI AIMS to Globally

• Bridge the Environmental Data Gap
• Providing Easy Cost-Effective Access of ED to
  ALL Stakeholders

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AGEDI Evolution Background

• Global Recognition of
• Lack of high quality ED
• - Difficult access to ED in developing countries,
  if available

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AGEDIs Vision

• To have a world with no ED/information gap
  between developing and developed countries,
• where all people have easy and cost-effective
  access to Quality ED data/information for their
  personal well-being and that of our planet

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AGEDI Basis

• - Data Provisions of Ch. 8 (AGENDA 21)
• - Environmental Provisions of Ch. 40 (AGENDA 21)
• - Millennium Development Goals (MDG),
• - World Summit on Sustainable Development
• Plan of Implementation

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AGEDIs Main Concerns
ED Collection Related Technology
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AGEDIs Geographic Coverage
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AGEDIs Main Components
Strategic Implementation Pilot Plan (SIPP)
NIPP
National Implementation Pilot Project (NIPP)
Regional Implementation Pilot Project (RIPP)
RIPP
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NIPPs Sub- Components
National Implementation Pilot Programme (NIPP)
Abu Dhabi Sub-National Implementation Pilot
Project (AD-SNIPP)
Other Sub-National Implementation Pilot
Projects (SNIPP)
NIPP
RIPP
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AD-SNIPP is the First Pilot of AGEDI at the
Sub-National Level
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AD-SNIPPs Principle Positioning Function
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AD-SNIPP BASIS

• SUPPORTS the Mandates of
• ERWDAs Environmental Strategy 2002-2007
• that emphasizes
• Coordination and Integration
• of Abu Dhabis Main ED and Information

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AD-SNIPP Goal

• - Close Critical ED/Information Gap
• - Provision of High Quality, Relevant, Adequate,
  and Accessible ED/Information Exchange Network

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Key Characteristics

• Comprehensiveness

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AD-SNIPPs Implementation Methodology Principles

• Two Track- Two Stage Method Incorporating
• a Top-Down
• a Bottom-Up Approach

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AD-SNIPP MAIN ACTIVITIES
Over 100 Well Structured Activities are scheduled
to achieve the Goal and Objectives of AD-SNIPP
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AD-SNIPP MAIN OUTPUTS
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AD-SNIPP Project Organization Outputs
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Abu Dhabi Environmental Data/Information Exchange
Network (AD-EDIEN)

• Track 2 includes planning, development
  operation of an Internet based AD-EDIEN

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AD-EDIEN

• Specific short term demonstration project, in
  cooperation with US-EPA US NIPP/USGS, to test
  the promise of the Track 1 approach
• Aim to implement an environmental spatial
  data/information infrastructure, using state of
  the art data collection exchange, information
  technologies distributed network of partners.

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Envisaged Implementation Scheme for
Environmental Data Exchange
ERWDA
Al Ain Municipality and Town Planning
General Authority for Health Services for Emirate
of Abu Dhabi
Economic Department
ADNOC
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries
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AD-EDIEN FUTURE PARTNERS
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Abu Dhabi Environmental Spatial Data
Infrastructure (AD-ESDI)

• Replicable, adaptive, working model for the
  development of high quality AD-ESDI leading to
  sustainable decision and policy making for Abu
  Dhabi government, NGOs, private sector

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• Environmental Agricultural Data Gap

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• The lack of ED/Information has proven to be one
  of the Major Barriers to the Achievement of
  Sustainability in the
• Agricultural Sector, particularly in Developing
  Countries

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Global Environment Outlook Three (GEO3)

• Includes data tables for climate change, water
  stress and deforestation socio-economic
  variables.
• Analysis of these data sets shows wide gaps in
  the availability of agricultural data on the
  national, regional and global levels.

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AGEDI Agriculture
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GEO 3 and Agriculture Data Gap

• No data available for pesticide use between 1995
  1998 on the
• National, Regional Global Levels.

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GEO 3 Aquaculture Data Gaps

• Total UAE aquaculture production between 1995
  1999 stayed steady at 0.5 metric tons,
• However, gap in data pertaining to the Arabian
  Peninsula still exists

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GEO 3 Aquaculture Data Gaps

• No data Available for Exclusive Fishing zones for
  the national, regional, nor global levels

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• AGEDI is a concerted effort in closing the
  aforementioned Gaps which in effect will lead to
  improved use of ED as well as an increase in
  benefits for the Agricultural Sector.

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• Potential Uses of Improved Environmental Data
• Agricultural Sector

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Farm organizations

• Use ED to evaluate propose policies
  programmes that service agricultural producers

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Businesses

• Use ED to develop market strategies
• to determine locations of facilities that will
  serve agricultural producers.

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Departments of Agriculture

• Use ED to plan for operations during drought
  emergency outbreaks of diseases or infestation of
  pests.

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Public and Private Analysts

• utilize ED in making projections
• evaluating results of programmes and events.

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Colleges and Universities

• utilize ED in research programs to develop new
  improved methods to increase agricultural
  production and profitability.

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• INITIAL IMPLEMENTATION OF
• AGEDI TRACK 1

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UNEP ERWDA MOU for AGEDIs Implementation

• - Signed on 21 Oct. 2003
• UNEP to submit a detailed work plan
• UNEP submitted work plan outline on
• 6 November 6, 2003

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UNEP PROPOSED WORK PLAN

• SIX COMPONENTS WP
• West Asia Regional Study
• Global Study
• AGEDI Conceptual Design
• Programme Management, Governance Support for
  AD-SNIPP
• West Asia Regional Design

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UNEP/ERWDA Proposed Steps for the Implementation
of AD-SNIPP

• Develop Communication Process
• Establish Overall Technical Committees
• Undertake Needs Assessment Analysis
• Develop the AD-SNIPP Strategic Plan
• Implementation Plan
• Develop monitoring and evaluation process
• Implement AD-SNIPP

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Potential Partners

• Primary Partner
• United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP)
• Technology Partner
• Dubai Internet City (DIC)
• Abu Dhabi Government Agencies
• Private/ Public Agencies
• Civil Societies Organisations (CSOs)
• UN Local Representatives
• International Organizations

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• NEXT STEP (IMMEDIATE ACTION)
• 1. Identify Potential Partners
• 2. Establish AD-SNIPP Management Committee
• 3. Open Dialogue Forge MOUs with USEPA
  NBII/USGS
• 4. Establish Agreements with Partners
• 5. Plan and Implement 1st AD-SNIPP Workshop

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• Thank-you
• Any Questions?