Presentation by Melanie Bacou at the D8 Open Data for Agriculture Side event at IFPRI on May 1, 2013.

1. GroundnutsinNyanzaorCassavain
Ashanti?
USING HARVESTCHOICE DATA AND TOOLS TO INFORM AGRICULTURAL
INVESTMENT IN AFRICA
D8- Open Data for AgricultureSide Event at IFPRI, Washington DC,May 1, 2013

2. WhoWeAre,WhatWeDo…
Researchprogramco-ledby the International Food
PolicyResearchInstitute (IFPRI, CGIAR) and
Universityof Minnesota.
 Wegeneratedata productsto help guide
strategicinvestments for moreproductive and
profitablefarming in sub-SaharanAfrica.
 Wedo this through:
• Harmonizedand geo-referenced datasets at
administrative unitsdown to 10-km grid
• Analytics,modeling and data visualization tools
• Flagshipstudies,atlases

3. Questionswearepassionateabout…
 Whereare the poor and what is
theirwelfarestatus?
 Which farming systemsdo the
poormost depend?
 How best to tune productivity
targetsto different sub-national
conditions?
 What arethe constraints affecting
on-farmproductivity, technology
adoption, and marketintegration?
 What investments in technologies
andpractices might best address
thoseconstraints?
 What is the aggregatelandscape
of investments acrossthe region?
 What arethe benefits of
investmentson productivity, farm
incomeand ultimately,the
reduction of povertyand hunger,
andincome distribution?

4. HowWeDoIt…
CropModelingatglobalandregional-scaleongrids
Seasonality
Soil Fertility
Harvested Area
Average Rainfall
Yield Potential

5. IMPACT…
Where is HarvestChoice open data making a
difference?
 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundationstrategy refresh, country and
value-chain targeting
 G-8New Alliance priority-setting tools
 USAID Feed the Future selection of target and control trial
sites (M&E)
 Spatial analysis of aid effectiveness, etc.

6. B&MGates
Foundation
Combining active
investmentswith
spatialanalysis
Showing BMGF
investment
portfolio within
Uganda’s agro-
ecological zones
using Project
MappingTool.
http://caadp-
cgiar.org/ftf

7. G8New
Alliance
Value-chain
priority-setting
tool
Ghana:value-chain
prioritization.
Which CAADP value
chains to focus on?
What 10-year yield
targets are
achievable?
 Prototype for each country to be populated by IFPRI/HarvestChoice based on
available secondary data sources
 National teams will adapt as needed and validate or replace data sources
Prioritization criteria
andweighting
Baseline
production/adoption
Yield
targets
Outcome
indicators

8. Wheat
Profitability
Assessment
inSSA
Ethiopia:Sensitivity
analysis tool to
estimate potential
wheat profitability
under varying
fertilizer use
scenarios.
http://harvestchoic
e.org/tools/profita
bility-calculator

9. The
Brookings
Institution
Sub-national
povertyandaid
targeting
Combining World
Bank Mapping for
Results investment
maps with
HarvestChoice
spatial layers
http://www.brooki
ngs.edu/research/o
pinions/2013/02/0
4-world-bank-
poverty-africa-
chandy

10. HarvestChoice data may be found under 6 major research topics http://harvestchoice.org/topics
ExploreHarvestChoiceTopics

11. Download data layers in ASCII raster and CSV formats http://harvestchoice.org/map
Download,Map,andTabulate…

12. Use Mappr to browse and download indicator maps http://harvestchoice.org/mappr/
HarvestChoiceMappr
#1 Select
indicators
#2 Toggle and re-
arrange layers
#3 Generate
zonal statistics
#4 Save reports

13. Use Mappr to generate point-based and zonal statistics http://harvestchoice.org/mappr/
HarvestChoiceMappr

14. Create and download your own custom tables using Tabler at http://harvestchoice.org/data/
Public release planned for mid-May 2013.
HarvestChoiceTabler #2 Pivot and
summarize
#1 Select
indicators

15. HarvestChoice launching new data API at http://dev.harvestchoice.org/harvestchoiceapi/0.1/
Public release planned for mid-May 2013.
HarvestChoiceDataAPI

16. COMINGNEXT…
We need to better our understanding of:
 Footprintof agricultural technologiesin sub-Saharan Africa
 Not only bio-physical, but also socio-economicand
institutionalconstraints to technology adoption
 Current and future landscape of public and private
agricultural investment in the region

17. Augmenting –and validating- HarvestChoice data layers and models with sub-national farm household
characteristics, farm management practices, production, consumption and nutrition estimates.
PartneringUp MappingAgriculturalCensus,DHSandLSMS-
ISASurveys DHS Child Stunting Prevalence
TZA AC 2007 – Tomato Yield

18. Showing target zones for planned agricultural investments http://csi.maps.arcgis.com/home/
PartneringUp MappingCGIARResearchProgramsand
CAADPCountryInvestmentPlans

19. About
IFPRI ifpri.org
TheInternational Food Policy Research Institute(IFPRI)
seekssustainablesolutions for endinghunger and
poverty.IFPRI isone of 15 centers supportedby the
ConsultativeGroup on International Agricultural Research
(CGIAR),an alliance of 64 governments,private
foundations,and internationaland regional
organizations.
HarvestChoice harvestchoice.org
HarvestChoicegenerates knowledge products to help
guidestrategicinvestments to improve thewell-being of
poor people in sub-Saharan Africa through more
productiveand profitable farming. To do this,a noveland
spatiallyexplicitevaluationframework is being
developedand deployed. By design,primary knowledge
productsare currently targetedto theneeds of
investors,policymakers and program managers, aswell
as theanalysts andtechnical specialistswho support
them.Most decisions that HarvestChoicetargetsare
thosehaving implicationsthat cut across country
boundaries.
HarvestChoiceTeam at IFPRI
MarkRosegrant / Co-PI (Interim)
JawooKoo / Crop Modeling, SpatialAnalysis
CarloAzzarri / Micro-economics
ZheGuo / GIS Coordinator, SpatialAnalysis
UlrikeWood-Sichra / Database,StatisticsManagement
IvyRomero / Program Coordinator
CecileMartignac / Participatory GIS, SpatialAnalysis
MelanieBacou/ Economist
MariaComanescu / Developer
CindyCox / Technical Writer
NaomieSakana / Farming Systems modeling
SteveKibet / DataManagement in East Africa