By: Anton Eitzinger

1. Person Name
Here
E-mail name here@cigar.org
Seeding Science Knowledge
by engaging local experts
October 13, 2015
Cali, Colombia
Anton Eitzinger

2. Climate change action needs to happen at all levels
#MITcc It's real, bad, it's us, scientists agree, there is
hope - we need to act at all levels, John Sterman
@climateinteract @ClimateCoLab

3. We are ready for taking action on climate change!
What can we do?

4. But, it can help us
to close the last communication mile!
ICT tools can provide the unique values of:
• Accountability and Transparency
• Effectiveness (lower costs)
• Timeliness (just in time)
• Directness
• Inclusiveness (two-way communication)
• Promote collaboration
ICT technology is not a new panacea for development
… to give farmer a voice!

5. Alliance with farmer and technicians to learn
how to implement Climate Smart Agriculture
4. Farmers
test and
report back
by mobile
phone
2. Each farmer gets a different
combination of varieties
3. Environmental data
(GPS, sensors) to
assess adaptation
1. A broad set of
varieties is
evaluated
6. Detect
demand for
new
varieties and
traits
5. Farmers receive tailored variety
recommendations and can order
seeds
Farmers as Scientists!
Citizen Science

6. December 2013 until January 2015

7. Farmers
database
CSA
practices
info
Reporting
activities
Collecting
GPS
points
Start
CSA
demo
site
Ask questions
Provide
answer
Farmers
surveys
Outside experts
Local experts
Selian Agricultural Research Institute
(SARI)
The feedback loop

8. GitHub

9. • Register farmer and carry out surveys
• Report Activities of implementation
• Act as knowledge broker between outside expert and farmer
Local Experts … using Android application

10. • Project manager of Implementing project gets Activity reports from local implementer
• Respond to questions sent by the local experts
Outside Experts … using web application

11. April 2014 until October 2015

12. Seeding Science Knowledge
by engaging local experts
• Use hotspot mapping of biophysical constraints to inform
context-specific CSA packages for agricultural investments
• Discuss hotspot maps and prioritize CSA packages in
participatory workshops, including farmers and local experts
• Train local experts in using phone-based communication
technologies for the testing and implementation of packages
• Install demonstration plots for prioritized CSA packages on
several farms in the pilot area
• Engage local actors, national policy makers, and experts of
practices in information feedbacks using phone-based
communication technologies and an interactive platform
• Out-scale Best bet solutions to “similar” (human-
environmental systems) sites

13. Framework for Collaborative Problem-Solving
Report, Discuss, Propose, Solve and
Monitor identified problems in
neighborhoods
Auto-Evaluation of life quality by citizens in Quito
Atzmanstorfer, K., Resl, R., Eitzinger, A., & Izurieta, X. (2014). The GeoCitizen-approach: community-based spatial planning – an Ecuadorian
case study. Cartography and Geographic Information Science, 00(00), 1–12.doi:10.1080/15230406.2014.890546.
Eitzinger, A., Atzmanstorfer, K., & Resl, R. (2013). The Geo-Citizen approach: Implementation of a collaborative participation framework for
citizen collaboration. International Conference on Environmental Information and Communication. CEGeoIC 2013 Proceedings.
Resl, R., Eitzinger, A., Atzmanstorfer, K. (2012). Platform for Collaborative Problem Solving within the Citizen’s Spatial Context - the Geo-Citizen
framework. 2012 Esri International User Conference Paper Sessions. San Diego, USA.

14. Scientists providing facts and knowledge
Experts give practical feedback to farmers
Be engaged in testing,
Give Feedback (5Q approach)Monitor activities, act as
knowledge broker
Out-scale Best Bet options of CSA
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15. Requirements
• Existing Prioritization of
actions on country level
• Engagement with Policy
maker
• Development of strategies
that can be supported for
implementation on local
level
• Existing of Implementing
institutions (National
Extension Service, NGO’s)
• Link to other CSA projects

16. Next steps
• We applied for additional funding for Uganda
• 2nd Pilot to improve tools and applications
• We release the CSA Implementer platform for
partners for free testing
• NGO from Costa Rica will test in Nicaragua
• We do more tests of crowdsourcing in Colombia
• In Cauca together with AgroNet Colombia
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