Cereal Rust Surveillance & Monitoring Systems - Using GPS Data Dave Hodson, AGP Division, FAO Njoro, Kenya Sept 2009 Overview  International Data Handling – Tools – Information Products  National Data Handling – Tools & Methods International Information Tools  RustMapper & RustMapper Web – Google Earth platform – Survey sites, winds, wheat – Updated automatically every 5 days – Needs internet  Smart PDF – Lite, simple – Web browser or Acrobat v9  Others... National: Using GPS Data  Several simple free tools – Data capture, mapping  1. Google Earth – Direct GPS connect & map  2. DNR Garmin – Data download, file conversion  3. DIVA-GIS – Data import, mapping Google Earth - GPS  Mapping / Visualization – Connect GPS via data cable – Switch on GPS – Open Google Earth  Tools  GPS  Garmin  Import Note: Works off-line (uses cached images) DNR Garmin  Data download and file conversion – Free download http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/mis/gis/tools/arcview/extensions/DNRGarmin/DNRGarmin.html – Connect GPS via data cable – First use: Set projection – None (WGS 84, Lat / long) – Download – Waypoint or Track – Save File – SHP (unprojected) [for use in DIVA-GIS or other GIS] or direct to Google Earth DIVA-GIS  Mapping, Analysis, Data Import – Free GIS software (and data) – http://www.diva-gis.org – 1. SHP file (from DNR Garmin) – add layer (s) – 2. Text file with Lat/long (csv, tab deliminated...) [NB: Use simple headers!]  Data  Import points to shapefile  From txt – Create Maps

Cereal Rust Surveillance & Monitoring Systems - GPS and Survey Tools Dave Hodson, AGP Division, FAO Njoro, Kenya Sept 2009 Outline of Session  Introduction – Surveillance & monitoring – GPS & tools  GPS Practical  Using data / information tools Ug99 – A call to action Challenges for a rust monitoring system  Highly mobile, trans-boundary pathogens  Need to monitor huge areas  Irregular outbreaks  Changing nature of pathogen (5 known variants in Ug99 lineage)  Timely field surveys + effective data flows, data analysis & management  Timely & targeted information dissemination  Where to start? Model Systems? FAO Desert Locust network Potential Outline – Rust Monitoring System Survey / Sampling – Tools & Protocols  BGRI protocols manual – Field survey forms – GPS protocols – Sampling protocols – “Quick Sets” – race analysis  R. Park (Uni. Sydney)  K. Nazari (ICARDA)  A. Yahyaoui (ICARDA)  Z. Pretorius (Uni. Free State)  K. Cressman (FAO)  T. Fetch (Ag. Agri-Food Canada)  Yue Jin (USDA-ARS)  D. Hodson (CIMMYT) Field Survey Procedure  At survey location, switch on GPS  Wait until GPS receives satellite signals  Record location with GPS – “Mark a Waypoint”  Fill location (latitude and longitude) and elevation details on survey form  Survey for (stem) rust, fill in survey form  Collect sample (s)  Switch off GPS  Move to next survey location – approx. 20km away from 1st location  Repeat GPS DATA Using GPS – 1,2,3  1. Switch On 2. Receive satellite signals (4 satellites) “Ready to Navigate” 3. Record Location “Mark a Waypoint” Survey Forms  Developed at GRI workshop, Ethiopia Oct 2007  Field tested, refined and simplified  GPS location a key component! Continued Expansion of Survey Network On-line Information Tools  RustMapper (Google Earth/web-browser)  Near real-time: sites, winds, wheat, susceptibility  http://www.cimmyt.org/gis/rustmapper/  http://www.cimmyt.org/gis/rustmapper/RustMapper_Web.html Race Analysis  A bottle-neck  Reliance on North American labs – (low volume, seasonality issues)  Substantial on-going efforts to increase capacity in regions New Information Tools  Forthcoming: Rust SPORE – web information portal – smart pdf maps – pathotype tools  Technical collaboration: University of Aarhus, Denmark – Looking at common platform / tools – Pathotype Tracker? Will Stem Rust Keep Following the “Rules”?  No room for complacency  A need for monitoring & surveillance in “low risk” areas Risk of Accidental Transfer (the “747 route”) Long Distance Dispersal – “Rare Events” Conclusion  Ug99 lineage – a wake up call against complacency  Clear need for global monitoring & surveillance (Including in “low” risk areas)  Elements of a global monitoring system being put in place by an international coalition  An effective network is essential  Simple survey tools (GPS & forms) provide vital foundation information