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Using the Global Information and Early Warning System (GIEWS) Workstation at country level

4 Oct 2009
, Khartoum
, Sudan

Summary

The Global Information and Early Warning System (GIEWS) Workstation is a web-based system for managing food security related information. It supports food security analysis for policy formulation and emergency interventions.

The workshop aimed at training staff members form several institutions in using the GIEWS workstation.

Location

 Arab Organization for Agricultural Development Headquarters, Khartoum

Target Audience

 Staff from the Arab Organization for Agricultural Development (AOAD), the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MoAF), the Ministry of Animal Resources and Fishery (MoARF), and the Sudan Meteorological Authority (SM

Topic

 Data Sharing

Objectives

The course covered the following topics;

  • Introduction to the GIEWS Workstation
  • Overview of its various tools
  • Re-formatting existing data into GIEWS Workstation format
  • Generating automatic reports
  • Using the map tools

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> Arab Organization for Agricultural Development

The “Improved Global Governance for Hunger Reduction” programme is funded by the European Union with additional resources provided by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The programme is managed by FAO and collaborates with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Food Programme (WFP)”