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1KStrengthening The Prevention Strategies And Early Warning Systems Of Agricultural Disasters Through Information And Communication Technology (ICT)
Background and Rationale
Agricultural disasters, especially typhoons, heavy rains, and drought, threaten the farmer’s income and stable supply of agricultural products. Facing the challenges of future climate change, the frequency and intensity of disasters will be more extreme, and a complete with more efficient disaster reduction system must be constructed to mitigate the impact of extreme weather. As a specific way like the development the disaster prevention technology of important crops production areas, emphasizing the functions of pre-disaster warning, identify the disaster alert area when disaster happen, and post-disaster survey for the rehabilitation of crops. It also clarifies the critical conditions of different crops and growth periods, estimates the probability of occurrence of crop losses, and establishes a complete knowledge database for crop disasters.
In this seminar, it emphasized the concept and practice of reducing disaster risks through systematic efforts to analyze and reduce the causal factors of disasters. Wise management of crops and the environment using innovative disaster prevention technologies, and setup the early warning systems by ICT techniques to send the disaster messages to farmers, evaluate the vulnerability of cultivation and economic lose by disaster. In other hand, we invite ICT vendors to demonstrate the latest products for environmental monitoring and crop disaster (or cultivation) warning system. The goals of meeting is through the multidimensional discussion will help the development of climate smart agriculture and reduce the impact of natural hazards on food production systems.
Objectives of the Workshop
- Agricultural disaster risk reduction aims to reduce the damage caused by natural hazards like floods, droughts, and typhoons, through adopting preventive measures, include the greenhouse cultivation. It is the concept and practice of reducing disaster risks through systematic efforts to analyze and reduce the causal factors of disasters.
- Wise management of crops and the environment using innovative disaster prevention technologies, and setup the early warning systems by ICT techniques to send the disaster messages to farmers.
- Development of climate smart agriculture can help reduce the impact of natural hazards on food production systems and improving livelihoods of farming communities.
Major findings and recommendations
- Invite and involve both the farmers and the academicians in decision making when it comes to making policies on early warning and risk assessment systems for agricultural disasters.
- Emphasize to researchers that equipment and technical hardware are mere tools in early warning systems and prevention strategies for agricultural disasters. The end goal is to understand climate information and make them useful.
- Focus on the farmers in every decision making regarding agricultural disasters especially on how they can decrease crop loss.
- Formalize a public-private-partnership composed of industry experts from both the ICT and agricultural disaster risk management fields and seek ways to create a platform that could share data and upgrade technology skills.
- Conduct training programs on management of big data, operation of ICT equipment and other topics on disaster risk management which would require continuous development of special skills.
Session I. Keynote Lecture
Moderator : Dr. Akira Hasebe
A 1-km Grid Meteorological Data Service and Its Use to Reduce Weather and Climate Risks for Field Crop Productions | Paper:
Dr. Hiroyuki Ohno, Executive Senior Researcher, Climate Change Adaptation Unit, Division of Climate Change, Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization Research, Japan
ICT Techniques for Agricultural Disaster Management: Case Studies in Taiwan | Paper:
Dr. Joe-Air Jiang, Distinguished Professor, Department of Bio-Industrial Mechatronics Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Session II. Early Warning Systems of Agricultural Disasters through ICT Techniques
Moderator: Dr. Pakorn Petchprayoon
Climate-Related Agricultural Risk Management System (CREAMS) for Lowland Rain-fed Rice Productivity in Lao PDR | Paper:
Dr. Jong Ahn Chun, Research Fellow, APEC Climate Center, Republic of Korea
The History, Improvement and Current Information Service to Farmers of the Early-warning System Against Cool-weather Damage | Paper:
Dr. Sayuri Ohkubo, Senior Researcher, Agricultural Meteorology Group, Division of Agro-Environmental Research, Tohoku Agricultural Research Center, Japan
Taiwan Using ICT technique in Agro-meteorological Forecast and Early Warning, Mechanism | Paper:
Dr. Hsin-Hsing Chia, Director, Weather Risk Explore Inc (天氣風險公司), Taiwan
Intelligent Image Sensor Network and Early Warning System for Insect Pest Management | Abstract:
Dr. Ta-Te Lin, Vice president, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Session III. Vulnerability assessment and economic analysis of agricultural disaster
Moderator: Dr. Jong Ahn Chun
Capitalizing on Multi-range Forecast Climate Data for Agriculture: A Case Study on Evaluating Crop Responses of Crop Model and Its Uncertainty | Paper:
Dr. Uran Chung, Research Fellow, APEC Climate Center, Republic of Korea
Establishment and Application of a Disaster Assessment Platform for Agricultural Loss | Paper:
Dr. Hsin-Chi Li, Associate Researcher, Policy & Socio-Economic System Division, National Science and Technology Center for Disaster Reduction (NCDR), Taiwan
Applying Ensemble Probabilistic Forecasts to Optimize the Decision Making | Paper:
Dr. Hui-Ling Chang, Chief, Meteorological Satellite Center, Central Weather Bureau, Taiwan
Session VI. Current Status of Prevention Strategies of Agricultural Disasters (I)
Moderator: Dr. Hiroyuki Ohno
Korea Country Report: A Field-specific Agro-meteorological Early Warning Service for Weather Risk Management in Korea | Paper:
Dr. Kyo-Moon Shim, Senior Researcher, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, RDA, Suwon, Republic of Korea
Vietnam Country Report: Prevention Strategy and Early Warning System to Reduce Natural Disasters in Vietnamese Crop Production: Systematic Effort and Tools | Paper:
Dr. Pham Quang Ha, Vice Director, Institute for Agricultural Environment (IAE/VAAS), Hanoi, Vietnam
Malaysia Country Report: Prevention Strategies and Early Warning System for Paddy Production in Malaysia | Paper:
Mr. Mohd Akmal Bin Yusof, Research Officer, Agricultural Engineering, MARDI, Malaysia
Session VI. Current Status of Prevention Strategies of Agricultural Disasters (II)
Moderator: Dr. Chia Hsin-Hsing
Thailand Country Report: Geo-Informatics for Agricultural Disaster Systematic Monitoring and Warning | Paper:
Dr. Pakorn Petchprayoon, Chief, Economic Division, Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (Public Organization) (GISTDA), Thailand
Taiwan Country Report: Developing Disaster Early Warning System and Adaptation Strategies for Crop Production in Taiwan | Paper:
Dr. Ming-Hwi Yao, Researcher, Agricultural Engineering Division, Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute, Taiwan
Seminar Proceeding:
