Annex III. Operationally Demonstrated Remote Sensing and GIS Applications
for Poverty Alleviation in Developing Countries
A. Planning and policy-making
Ecosystems mapping: To target
environmentally fragile areas and the incidence of poverty;
creation of rural employment through afforestation, and
creation of rural infrastructure and land reclamation programmes.
Land use mapping: For agricultural
intensification/diversification by identifying suitable
areas based on multi-date remote sensing data analysis.
Land capability / crop suitability classification:
Based on land use and soil quality indicators extracted
from remote sensing data. Such classifications are necessary
for cropping systems, in order to raise the income from
agricultural enterprise.
State-of-the-art agricultural informatics:
Based on in season crop monitoring and conditions assessment,
pre-harvest acreage estimation and production forecasting
- including crop monitoring and assessment for food security
strategy.
Watershed development: Adequate
information on land, water, drainage and the like to enable
ridge-to-valley-based treatments in dryland areas to ensure
enhanced agricultural productivity and reduced environmental
degradation.
Surface water and groundwater inventory:
Mapping of surface and subsurface features, river-basin
characterization, identification of irrigated/non-irrigated
areas, and other inventories.
Forests and biodiversity: Mapping
forest types, conditions, biomass, and broad-level species
composition.
Coastal zones: Mapping, characterization
and identification of zones for conservation, preservation
and development.
B. Information support for interventions
Floods, drought and forest fires:
Impact mapping and targeting affected/vulnerable populations
for relief and rehabilitation, and for damage assessment.
Mapping of "hotspots": Identification
of vulnerable areas with severe land degradation vis-à-vis
the incidence of poverty, crop damage due to pest infection,
diseases, hard-pan terrain with severe drinking water problems,
and the like.
Dis-aggregated poverty mapping:
For better targeting of the poor and their entitlements,
and poverty alleviation through development of natural resources.
C. Information support for livelihoods
Potential fishing zones: Identification
of potential areas for fishing; also provision of weather
information and other information.
Farmer-based information: Crop
suitability, crop-related information for insurance and
subsidies.
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