An Advanced Data Exploration System to Enhance Country Data and Knowledge Management System

1. The ReSAKSS Country eAtlases
An Advanced Data Exploration System to
Enhance Country Data and Knowledge Management System
Mohamed Abd Salam EL VILALY
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

2. Outline
•Why: Data Center
•How: Technical approach
•What: Country eAtlas
•Who: Potential users/ eAtlas technival teams

3. Why: Data Center
Speed access to
diverse and vast
amounts of data
Centralized Data Center :
available and accessible to
anyone from anywhere in the
world and especially to
Researchers, Policymakers,
Civil Society Organizations
Efficient system that
considers network
issues and
hardware limitation
Up to data and near
real time system

4. How :Technical approach
Designed a cloud-server
infrastructure for the online
manipulation of data with focus on
routine preprocessing
Developed an intuitive and rich
web-based client application
to support interacting with these
data record
Promoting local and
regional capacity building by
providing a specialized tool
and hands on training on this
system use

5. What: The ReSAKSS Country eAtlases(RCeA)
RCeA is an online and highly interactive and
dynamic GIS-based mapping tool designed to
help policy analysts and policymakers access
and use high quality and highly disaggregated
data on agricultural, socio-economic, and bio-
physical indicators to guide agricultural policy
and investment decisions.
Performanc
e Fast, user-
friendly and
in near real
time
Application
tools for
researchers and
decision-makers
Data: Over
8,000 interactive
maps
for display and
download

6. Who: Country eAtlas Potential Users
Academic
Institutions
Government
Ministries
Civil Society
Organizations
Farmer
Organizations
Agribusiness
Potential users
The System serves all state
and non-state actors
involved in policy
planning, implementation,
and monitoring; policy
analysis, review and
dialogue; and design and
targeting of agricultural
and other investments.
Country eAtlas

7. Country eAtlas Structure : From Local to continental
level
Regional
Country
Continental

8. http://eatlas.resakss.org/