{"id":5511,"date":"2022-06-02T11:20:12","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T15:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/?page_id=5511"},"modified":"2026-06-04T15:21:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T19:21:18","slug":"agricultural-disaster-recovery","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/cegfsd\/agricultural-disaster-recovery\/","title":{"rendered":"Agricultural Disaster Recovery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Google Tag Manager -->\n<script>(function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start':\nnew Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],\nj=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src=\n'https:\/\/www.googletagmanager.com\/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);\n})(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-TPSQ54N');<\/script>\n<!-- End Google Tag Manager -->\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<a style=\"text-decoration: none; padding-right: 30px;\" title=\"Follow UMES SANS on Instagram\" href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/umesagcommunications\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; height: 60px;\" src=\"wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/2022\/03\/IG-icon-maroon.png\" alt=\"Follow UMES on Instagram\">\n<\/a>\n<a style=\"text-decoration: none; padding-right: 30px;\" title=\"Follow UMES SANS on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SansUmes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; height: 60px\" src=\"wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/2022\/03\/twitter-icon-maroon.png\" alt=\"Follow UMES on Twitter\">\n<\/a>\n<a style=\"text-decoration: none; padding-right: 30px;\" title=\"Follow UMES SANS on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UmesSchoolOfAgriculturalAndNaturalSciences?ref=hl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; height: 60px;\" src=\"wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/2022\/03\/FB-icon-maroon.png\" alt=\"Follow UMES on Facebook\">\n<\/a>\n<a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Follow UMES SANS on Youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCSIT3MwAybJ3CawToyVuQFg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; height: 60px;\" src=\"wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/2022\/03\/youtube-icon-maroon.png\" alt=\"Follow UMES on Youtube\">\n<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-merriweather-font-family has-large-font-size has-custom-font\" id=\"top\" style=\"font-family:Merriweather\">Agricultural Disaster Recovery Projects:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-coblocks-accordion\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-coblocks-accordion-item\"><details><summary class=\"wp-block-coblocks-accordion-item__title has-background has-header-secondary-bg-color-background-color\">Use of Geospatial Technology and Community Intelligence in Developing Disaster Recovery Strategies: A Pilot Project Engaging U.S. and Caribbean Faculty and Students<\/summary><div class=\"wp-block-coblocks-accordion-item__content\" style=\"border-color:#651d32\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Project Period:<\/strong> 2021-2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Country\/Region:<\/strong> Jamaica \/ Caribbean<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Objectives:<\/strong> 1. Locate and map disaster and vulnerable areas and how the disaster is being responded to or mitigated. 2. Track urban\/rural change of disaster impacts by identifying visible changes in residential areas. 3. Review zoning policies and regulations on the use of marginal lands for cooperative agriculture, urban gardening, and settlement for immediate response during disaster events. 4. Develop a dashboard using geospatial data collected from the above three objectives, which will show disaster-affected locations, infrastructure, open land, and farmlands to formulate disaster response plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"#Use-of-Geospatial-Technology\" data-type=\"internal\" data-id=\"#Use-of-Geospatial-Technology\">READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/details><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"insect-pests\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Assessment of damage due to insect pests in cowpea crop using remote sensing techniques in southeastern US and Guyana ( Latin America)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Project Period:<\/strong>&nbsp;2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Country\/Region<\/strong>: Guyana \/ Latin America<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"146\" src=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/2023\/04\/PIC-18._Pilot-Project_disaster2-300x146.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7435\" style=\"aspect-ratio:2.054838502536441\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Objectives:<\/strong>&nbsp;1. Building Partnership for Integration of Technology to Assess Damage due to Insect Pests in Cowpea Crop and Risk Management for Global Food Security in Southeastern US and Guyana (Latin-America). 2. Training will focus on Climate Smart Farming, Water Conservation, Cost-Effective Water Treatment, Increase Efficiency in Water Use and Adaptation to Drought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Funding:<\/strong>&nbsp;USDA\/NIFA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Principal Investigator (PI):<\/strong>&nbsp;Dr. Shobha Sriharan | Department of Agriculture<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1890 University Name:<\/strong>&nbsp;Virginia State University<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Expected Results:<\/strong>&nbsp;1. Capacity building programs with partners supported. 2. Efforts initiated for management of pests by using technology to visually examine pest damage to cowpea crop. 3. Participants introduced to remote sensing technology for assessment of damage to plant parts. 4. A web-based platform training used as a development and capacity building tool for key pest monitoring technicians for risk assessment and management in US and Guyana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"#top\" data-type=\"internal\" data-id=\"#top\">Back to the Top<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile has-hero-main-bg-color-background-color has-background\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"498\" class=\"wp-image-7435 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/2023\/04\/PIC-18._Pilot-Project_disaster2-1024x498.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile has-hero-main-bg-color-background-color has-background\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Use of Geospatial Technology and Community Intelligence in Developing Disaster Recovery Strategies: A Pilot Project Engaging U.S. and Caribbean Faculty and Students<\/strong><\/h3>\n \n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Project Period:<\/strong>\u00a02021-2022<\/p>\n \n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Country\/Region:<\/strong>\u00a0Jamaica\/Caribbean<\/p>\n \n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Objectives:\u00a0<\/strong>1. Locate and map disaster and vulnerable areas and how the disaster is being responded to or mitigated. 2. Track urban\/rural change of disaster impacts by identifying visible changes in residential areas. 3. Review zoning policies and regulations on the use of marginal lands for cooperative agriculture, urban gardening, and settlement for immediate response during disaster events. 4. Develop a dashboard using geospatial data collected from the above three objectives, which will show disaster-affected locations, infrastructure, open land, and farmlands to formulate disaster response plans.<\/p>\n \n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Funding:<\/strong>\u00a0USDA\/NIFA<\/p>\n \n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Principal Investigator (PI):<\/strong>\u00a0Dr. Buddhi Gyawali | School of Agriculture, Communities and the Environment<\/p>\n \n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1890 University Name:<\/strong>\u00a0Kentucky State University<\/p>\n \n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Expected Results:<\/strong>\u00a01. A three web-integrative storytelling maps\/posters and a dashboard developed. 2. Data through interviews by foreign students for mapping patterns of sea-level rise, loss of invasive species that provide potential resource opportunities collected and documented. 3. A pilot dashboards informed immediate context of maps, real-time data, emerging trends, and identify immediate scalable recovery measures created. 4. Detailed training plans for first responders developed. 5. 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