First User Workshop

The First User Workshop was held on May 19, 2014, at FAO premises in Rome, Italy. It was attended by more than 50 people, coming from 20 different institutions, with the objective to discuss the user requirements underlying the specifications of the Sen2-Agri products .

The workshop was introduced by ESA and the consortium through a presentation of the project and its objectives. The Champion Users exposed then their key work linked with the project and their specific expectations. The managers of the sites considered in the project then gave an overview of the corresponding areas in terms of agro-ecological context and their activities with regard to in-situ data collection.

As a conclusion, all attendees expressed their interest and their intention to be actively involved in the project.

Agenda

​Opening session ​ ​
​9:00 ​Welcome and introduction ​J. Latham – FAO
​9:15 ​Sentinel-2 presentation ​B. Koetz – ESA
​9:30 ​Sen2-Agri project presentation ​P. Defourny – UCL
​10:00 ​Users requirements consolidation presentation ​G. Dedieu – Cesbio
​User Requirements session
​​11:00 ​​Presentation of users (institution, activities, expectations in terms of products and capacity building) ​
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  • ​​Agriculture and Agri-Food (AAFC), Canada
 ​​I. Jarvis
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  • ​Arvalis – Institut du Végétal, France
 ​B. Desolan
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  • ​Alberta Terrestrial Imaging Center (ATIC), Canada
 ​​N. Rochdi
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  • ​​Chinese Academy of Science (CAS), China
 ​​W. Bingfang
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  • ​​Centre de coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique
    pour le Développement (CIRAD)
 ​​A. Bégué
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  • ​​Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), UN
 ​​J. Latham
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  • ​​​Federação Nacional de Regantes de Portugal (FENAREG), ​​Portugal
 ​​J. Nuncio
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  • ​​​​​International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), UN
 ​​F. Rispoli
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  • ​​​Instituto Nacional de Tecnica Agropecuaria (INTA), ​​Argentina
 ​​D. de Abeyllera
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  • ​​​Joint Research Centre – MARS Unit (JRC), EC
 ​​O. Leo
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  • ​​​Université Chouaïb Doukkali (UCD) & Réseau National des Sciences
    et Techniques de la GéoInformation (REGI), ​​Morocco
 ​​K. Labassi
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  • ​​National EO and Space Secretariat (NEOSS), South Africa
 ​​N. Knox
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  • ​​​Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar (UCAD), ​​Senegal
 ​​S. Faye
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  • ​​Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation – Agricultural Statistics Department, Sudan​
 ​​N. K. Salh
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  • ​​​Space Research Institute of the Natjioal Academy of Science (​SRI), ​​Ukraine
 ​​A. Shestelov
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  • ​​Unite States Geologiqal Survey – Earth Resources Observation and Science
 ​​M. Budde
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  • ​​World Food Programme (WFP), UN
 ​​R. Bonifacio
​​12:00 ​Presentation of site managers (site description and data collection) ​
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  • ​Tula site, Russia
 ​​I. Savin
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  • ​Free State site, South Africa
 ​​N. Knox
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  • ​Kyiv site, Ukraine
 ​A. Shestelov
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  • ​Shandong site, China
 ​​​W. Bingfang
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  • ​​San Antonio site, Argentina
 ​​D. de Abeyllera
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  • ​Antsirabe site, Madagascar
 ​​​A. Bégué
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  • ​​SudMiPy site, France
 ​​G. Dedieu
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  • ​Tensift site, Morocco
 ​​M. Le Page
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  • ​Hesbaye site, Belgium
 ​​A. Léonard
​​14:00 ​​Towards a global standard for the Sen2-Agri approach ​​P. Defourny – UCL
​​14:20 ​​Discussion and endorsement ​
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  • ​​Cropland definition
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  • ​​Cloud-free surface reflectance composites
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  • ​​Dynamic cropland mask
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  • ​Cultivated crop type map and area estimate
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  • ​​Vegetation status
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  • ​​JECAM guidelines
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Conclusion session​​ ​ ​
​​16:30 ​​Selection of test sites, EO and in-situ data collection ​S. Bontemps – UCL
​17:15 ​​Capacity building and planning ​​G. Dedieu – Cesbio
​​17:40 ​​Next steps of the project and conclusion ​​P. Defourny – UCL