Location: Range Management Research
Project Number: 3050-11210-009-002-A
Project Type: Cooperative Agreement
Start Date: Apr 6, 2018
End Date: Dec 15, 2021
Objective:
The objective of this cooperative agreement is to promote scientific and academic cooperation between the USDA, Agricultural Research Service's research unit based at the Jornada Experimental Range (ARS) and the University of Colorado at Boulder (CU Boulder) based in Boulder, Colorado. Cooperation activities include joint cooperative research and development projects regarding land management and the development of a Land-Potential Knowledge System.
Approach:
Research and development activities concern primarily the development, piloting and implementation of a global Land-Potential Knowledge System in the United States and Africa. Research activities will be focused primarily on developing and evaluating open-source and open-data mobile phone and cloud-based computing systems. These systems intended to support knowledge and information generation and sharing necessary to sustainably support increased agricultural production and other ecosystem services. Collaborative academic activities including seminars, workshops, scientific meetings, and training activities that planned according to mutual interests and requirements.
