Systems Approach to Link Big Socio-ecological Geo-data to Food Systems Sustainability
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2016-07-13
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2016-07-13
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Le, Quang Bao
Biradar, Chandrashekhar
Bonaiuti, Enrico
Thomas, Richard
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Quang Bao Le, Chandrashekhar Biradar, Enrico Bonaiuti, Richard Thomas. (13/7/2016). Systems Approach to Link Big Socio-ecological Geo-data to Food Systems Sustainability. Toulouse, France: Sabine Sauvage (Curator), José Miguel Sanchez Perez, Andrea Emilio Rizzoli.
Abstract
Rapid development of multi-dimensionally, multi-scale, timely updated socio-ecological geodata
presents an opportunity as potential information resource for supporting effective decisionmaking
of stakeholders involved with food systems, from daily routines of individuals to strategic
decisions of manager and policy-makers. However, the use of this type of big data toward supporting
the sustainability of food systems at different scales still fall short of (i) what information commonly
needed by food system actors to response and adapt to socio-ecological change and enhance the
system performance, (ii) interoperability between different types of data across scales, and (iii)
sufficient guidance to utilize big data resources for diverse users' contexts and needs. In this reviewbased
and conceptual analysis, we propose a framework with functional blocks for designing
integrated agro-informatics systems that organize uses of big socio-ecological data for research and
development with an orientation to food system sustainability. These functional blocks are (1)
information need assessment, (2) use cases library development, (3) interoperability improvement, (4)
pattern-trend discovery and (5) feedback management including co-learning. A typical use-case is a
sequence of limited steps that describes the interactions between a typical user and the information
system to accomplish a typical goal. Use cases library consists of as many as possible typical use
cases to cope with diverse use needs. Interoperability improvement focuses on critical interfaces such
as between quantitative and qualitative data, and place-based and flow-based data (e.g. agroecology
vs. value chains). We illuminate the concept and discuss its potential benefits with a pilot project on
web-based GIS for SLM options-by-context (SLM: Sustainable Land Management) initiated by CGIAR
Research Program on Dryland Systems.
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Le, Quang Bao https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8514-1088
Biradar, Chandrashekhar https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9532-9452
Bonaiuti, Enrico https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4010-4141
Thomas, Richard https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8009-5681
Biradar, Chandrashekhar https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9532-9452
Bonaiuti, Enrico https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4010-4141
Thomas, Richard https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8009-5681