International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). 2023. Statistics from Space: Next-Generation Agricultural Production Information for Enhanced Monitoring of Food Security in Mozambique. Component 1. Stakeholder engagement for impacts. PowerPoint presentation given during the Project Inception Workshop, VIP Grand Hotel, Maputo, Mozambique, April 20, 2023

1. STATISTICS FROM SPACE
Next-Generation Agricultural Production
Information for Enhanced Monitoring of
Food Security in Mozambique
Component #1. Stakeholder Engagement for Impacts
Led by IFPRI

2. Project Information
• Goal: To produce and disseminate accurate crop production statistics data
leveraging satellite remote sensing data for timely food policy decisions in
Mozambique
• Timeline: November 2022 – (early) 2025
• Implementing agencies:
1. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
2. ITC/University of Twente (ITC)
3. Centro de Estudos de Políticas e Programas Agroalimentares (CEPPAG)
4. Seoul National University (SNU)

3. BACKGROUND
Challenges and Missed Opportunities in African Countries
CHALLENGES
1. The lack of reliable information on
agricultural production hinders efforts to
generate value from investments in the
data.
2. Agricultural statistical services remain
mainly logistical operations. Their ability
to capitalize on new technologies has
been limited.
3. The demand from the private sector is
weak. Actors have little experience with
production forecasts and estimates.
GOOD DATA CAN:
• Inform better policymaking on agricultural
investments, subsidies, and initiatives.
• Enable humanitarian organizations to plan
interventions, provide more effective and
cost-efficient services.
• Drive agricultural markets, with prices
often contingent on government statistics.
• Mitigate against seasonal price volatility,
with welfare implications for small
farmers.

4. BACKGROUND
Mozambique’s Agricultural Production Information System
SITUATION
• Some previous agricultural
production data analyzed as
unreliable.
• Low agricultural investment and
development in recent decades.
• Statistical analysis is often
constrained by a lack of
sufficiently disaggregated data.
CAUSES
1. Lack of coordination and
coherence between agencies.
2. Misleading artifacts from
missing data.
3. Insufficient budget and
technical capacity.
4. Information designed to serve
the government, not farmers

5. BACKGROUND
Republic of Korea Government’s ODA Priorities
The ROKG's ODA strategic goals are:
1) Pursuing humanitarian values
2) Supporting innovation and
development in developing
countries
3) Pursuing coexistence of the global
community and mutual prosperity
4) Upgrading partnerships.
 The ODA tasks include supporting
countries to overcome the food
crisis, supporting digital
transformation, and creating a
foundation for economic and social
development.
 Agricultural information system is
a synergetic enabling area relevant
to all these goals and key tasks.

6. BACKGROUND
ROK and Mozambique
 ROK Prime Minister Han Duck-soo
officially visited Mozambique in
November 2022 and met with
Mozambique President Philippe
Jacinto Nyusi to discuss ways to
strengthen infrastructure and
development cooperation.
 This project outcome will contribute
to the strengthening of practical and
technical cooperation between two
countries.

7. Project Components
1. Stakeholder
engagement
• Lead: IFPRI
• Baseline
assessment,
workshops,
trainings, and
other
stakeholder
engagements
2. Enhanced area
frames
• Lead: ITC
• Satellite data
acquisition,
stratification,
and area stats
applications
3. Groundtruth
data
• Lead: CEPPAG
• Digitally
collecting
quality
groundtruth
data to support
2 & 4.
4. Crop analytics
• Lead: SNU
• Process-based
models and AI-
based crop yield
forecasting for
timely food
policy decisions.

8. COMPONENT 1
Stakeholder Engagement for Impacts
Activities
1. Stocktaking of satellite-based crop
production monitoring activities in
Mozambique
2. Assessing the baseline performance
of official crop production reports
and monitoring progress over time.
3. Engaging with key government
agencies working on crop
production statistics to identify
opportunities for incorporating
satellite-based data.
Key Stakeholders
1. Gov’t: Ministries of
Agriculture/Finance/Land &
Environment, National Institute of
Statistics, National Geospatial
Development Agency, etc.
2. Academics: UEM and other higher-
level academic institutions in each
focus provinces
3. Farmers' organizations (UNAC)
4. Private sectors

9. COMPONENT 1
Stakeholder Engagement for Impacts
Questions to the audience
• What will be the most relevant official crop production statistics database
or report that we can target to provide technical support using satellite-
based analysis?
• How can we identify key technical staffs to provide technical supports and
train to use satellite-based crop monitoring methodologies?
• What do you (stakeholders) wish to get out from this project? What's your
biggest concerns/wishes? Where, and how, do you want to utilize satellite-
based crop monitoring analyses?