Accra Workshop schedule
Thursday, 24 March 2022
| Time | Activity | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| 08:30 – 08:50 | Arrival and registration of participants | |
| 08:50 – 08:55 | Welcome address | GSSTI Director |
| 08:55 – 09:00 | Structure of the workshop | Mr. Kofi Asare |
| 09:00 – 09:15 | Introduction of participants | All |
| 09:15 – 09:30 | Crop Monitoring, Perspectives and needs | Director SRID, MOFA |
| 09:30 – 10:00 | Climate and yield | Dr Dilys MacCarthy |
| 09:55 – 10:15 | Crop modelling and monitoring using Earth Observation | Prof Philip Lewis |
| 10:20 – 10:40 | Role of ground data for crop monitoring | Mr. Kofi Asare |
| 10:40 – 11:00 | Weather and yield in-season forecasts | Dr Nicola Pounder |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Cocoa Break |
Practical Session
| Time | Activity | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| 11:30 - 11:50 | P1: Earth Observation and field data explorer | Mr. Feng Yin & Dr. Jose Gomez-Dans |
| 11:50 – 12:10 | P2: Weather data and Within-Season Demonstration | Dr. Nicola Pounder |
| 12:10 – 12:30 | P3: Digital Earth Africa: Crop classification | Mr. Edward Boamah |
| 12:30 – 13:50 | P4: Maize mapper : Crop Classification, MOFA yield | Dr. Qingling Wu |
| 13:50 – 13:10 | P5: Field measurements Demonstration | Caroline Ediman & Kenneth Aidoo |
| 13:10 – 13:55 | Lunch |
Workshop technical presentations
| Time | Activity | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| 14:00 – 14:20 | Digital Earth Africa | Mr. Edward Boamah |
| 14:20 – 14:35 | Crop Classification from Earth Observation | Dr. Qingling Wu |
| 14:35 – 14:50 | Crop modelling and Data Assimilation: Ghana | Dr Jose Gomez-Dans |
| 14:50 – 15:05 | Interpretation of Earth Observation data | Mr. Feng Yin |
| 15:05 – 15:30 | Discussion and Reflections: GSSTI | Prof P Lewis & Mr. Kofi Asare |