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LEAP progress

LEAP progress. Peter Hoefsloot Consultant to WFP. The idea behind LEAP. Weather data Crop + soil coefficients. Water Requirement Satisfaction Index (WRSI) for Crops + Rangelands. Number of Beneficiaries

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LEAP progress

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  1. LEAP progress Peter Hoefsloot Consultant to WFP

  2. The idea behind LEAP Weather data Crop + soil coefficients Water Requirement Satisfaction Index (WRSI) for Crops + Rangelands Number of Beneficiaries for Livelihood Protection Costs (Livelihood Protection Cost Index LPCI) Many intermediate products that have proven to be useful

  3. LEAP is being developed by • DRMFSS, Mattewos Hunde, GoE • WorldBank financing through GFDRR (Wout Soer) • WFP Rome, initiator, Niels Balzer, Vanessa Cardamone, Giuditta De Simone, Ida Mattfolk) • WFP/VAM Addis, overall guidance, data delivery and feedback from the field (Elliot Vhurumuku – Teshome Erkineh and Dr Muktar Reshid) • National Meteorlogical Agency provides data and feedback. • CSA and MoARD have provided data • FEWSNet (Nigist Biru) and / USGS / NOAA provide data and methods • International Consultants (Sandro Calmanti of ENEA and Peter Hoefsloot)

  4. Looking backwards (1) • Software now in version 2.20 • Server running for 2 years. Continuously provided new data through mail and internet. • Forecasting bulletins in growing seasons • Trained almost 100 professionals from DRMFSS, WFP, NMA, regional organisations, Ministry of Water Resources etc. • Server in Addis acquired • Improved beneficiary number estimation (with ENEA, Sandro Calmanti) • Rangeland WRSI calculations Floods (with ITHACA, Turin)

  5. Looking backwards (2) • NMA provides rainfall and ET0 data as input for LEAP • Technical support through mail • Training missions Italy and the Netherlands (June 2010)

  6. Looking forward (1) • New phase with World Bank Support (WFP Rome, WFP Addis, WB Addis) • Climate Change dataset 1980 – 2050 • Improved Rangeland Monitoring (ENEA and PH) • Operational Flood Monitoring (Ithaca) • Additions to the LEAP software (25 points) by PH • Localising input data for LEAP (planting dates, water holding capacity of soils etc.etc.) Ato Teshome and Dr. Mukthar • Two-way HEA integration with Lorraine Coulterof Livelihoods Integration Unit. Very promising!

  7. Looking forward (2) • Verification of LEAP intermediate and final products • Introduction at national and regional levels • Complete hand over to government (DRMFSS)

  8. LEAP is free software and data (1995 - 2010 Download from LEAP page • http://vam.wfp.org/leap (program + data = 76MB) • Manual • Tutorial

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