Space Technology and Geographic Information Systems Applications in adb projects

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Space Technology Applications in Asian Development Bank Projects 
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Improving Agricultural and Rural Statistics for Food Security
Project Title
Improving Agricultural and Rural Statistics for Food Security
Project Number
TA 8029-REG
Country
Regional (Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, 
Maldives, Myanmar, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Viet Nam)
Department/Division
Economics and Research Department/Development Indicators and Policy Research 
Division
Executing Agency
Asian Development Bank
Sector/Subsector 
Agriculture and natural resources/Agriculture and rural sector development
Amount Approved
$500,000
Approval/Completion
13 December 2011/31 May 2014
Source
http://www.adb.org/projects/45261-001/main
ST Application
High-resolution satellite imagery for land classification
ST Data 
Google Earth satellite imagery
ST Cost
$35,000 to introduce the Agricultural Land Information System (ALIS)
ST Service Providers
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Food Security Information System 
Project (AFSIS)
Users
Bureau of Agricultural Statistics (BAS) of the Philippines
ST = space technology.
Context
This technical assistance project assisted the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics (BAS) of the Philippines in 
implementing the Agricultural Land Information System (ALIS), which was developed by ASEAN Food 
Security Information System Project (AFSIS). ALIS is a tool for an area sample survey method using 
personal computers that estimates agricultural land area and enables area sampling with minimal labor 
and low budgets. The agency responsible for the survey can make the framework, design the survey scale 
according to target accuracy, extract samples, make the survey sheet, and estimate the statistical area 
data, using ALIS.