The Department of Agriculture organised a two-day training workshop on geo-tagging tools for eighty Agricultural Extension Workers (AEW), in a bid to improve governance in the agriculture sector.The training introduced the participants to basic Global Position System (GPS) principles and how to maximise the potential of hand-held Garmin GPS receivers.
According to an official statement, the workshop aims to support the Department’s Unified and Enterprise Geospatial Information Systems (UEGIS), which aims to enhance the decision making capability of the key local government offices in strategic agriculture and fisheries development zones.
The project also aims to leverage high resolution satellite imagery in order to establish a geospatial database of agricultural and fisheries resources; improve the institutional capacity and capability of the various stakeholders; and formulate an Integrated Development Plan for the agriculture sector.
Furthermore, the Department of Agriculture will also be leveraging the system to improve the effectiveness of emergency assistance to farmers and fisher folk and to provide more accurate forecasts on agriculture and fisheries production.
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