Welcome!

The Community of Practice on Geospatial data is led by IFPRI and has been launched as a part of the CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture.

This community facilitates CGIAR’s research using geospatial data and analysis, undertaking activities to bring spatial scientists together through coordinated communication, community-developed products, and the convening of members at various events to represent CGIAR in the geospatial domain of expertise.

This space can be used as a discussion area, share and request relevant information and contribute towards building the community as a whole.

Community Partners
We work closely with our external partners in academia, donors, and public/private sectors – including ITC, Esri, Digital Globe, and Geospatial and Farming Systems Research Consortium.

Community Members
Members of CGIAR-CSI include all geospatial scientists across CGIAR. Community-wide activities are coordinately by the Global Coordinator. Center-level activities are coordinated by the Center Representative. Currently (as of October 2017), CGIAR-CSI reaches to 90 members across all 15 CGIAR Centers.

If you use geospatial data and analyses in CGIAR, join our community! For external party interest, please sign up for updates or email us direct.

Get in touch

CoP Lead

Jawoo Koo | Email
The CSI-CoP formed in 2017 and is led by Agricultural Engineer and Senior Research Fellow Jawoo Koo at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) in Washington D.C, U.S.

Administration

Michelle Fotsy | Email
At the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) in Washington D.C, U.S

Ivy Romero | Email
At the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) in Washington D.C, U.S

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Community News

Articles in this section were originally posted on the CGIAR Consortium for Spatial Information (CGIAR-CSI) website.

Mapping Urbanization and Nutritional Outcomes

December 3, 2018 / CGIAR-CSI

Urbanization in Nigeria associated with lower rates of child stunting but higher rates of obesity among women ...

Mapping Rainfall Variability over Eastern and Southern Africa

November 30, 2018 / CGIAR-CSI

Analysis on the CHIRPS-v2 gridded rainfall data revealed a high-resolution spatio-temporal pattern of rainfall variability in the region largely lacking ...

Geospatial CoP at the 2018 CGIAR Big Data Convention

October 4, 2018 / CGIAR-CSI

As a part of the program, our community is organizing two geospatial-themed breakout sessions on Thursday, 4 October: "The World ...

Mapping Cropland Extent in Australia and China

September 21, 2018 / CGIAR-CSI

Murali Krishna Gumma ( ICRISAT) published a new paper on the continental-scale cropland mapping using Landsat imagery on Google Earth ...

“We Are the Force of FOSS4G!”

September 7, 2018 / CGIAR-CSI

Survey found that about 50% of geospatial research in CGIAR uses FOSS4G tools, but researchers' engagement with the developers is ...

“We Fly! What’s Next?”

September 4, 2018 / CGIAR-CSI

Reflecting the first "Drones for Agriculture" training workshop organized at the Kizimbani Agricultural Training Institute (KATI) in Zanzibar, Tanzania, participants ...

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Members of CGIAR-CSI include all geospatial scientists across CGIAR. Community-wide activities are coordinately by the Global Coordinator. Center-level activities are coordinated by the Center Representative. Currently, CGIAR-CSI reaches to 90 members across all 15 CGIAR Centers. The following spaces are available for direct collaboration and communication on community projects.

SharePoint:
CGIAR MEMBERS ONLY: Hosted and managed by IFPRI, authenticated access leads to a discussion forum, CoP resources, events, tasks, contact information and working groups. It’s a private and secure location where CGIAR CoP members can share working documents, optimize workflows, and brainstorm. Join here.