Play the new geo-wiki game: Cropland capture
Steffen Fritz y Linda See(International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis)
A game developed with the help of CCAFS funding uses crowdsourcing to validate global cropland.
The Geo-Wiki team at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) has, in collaboration with the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), just launched a new game called Cropland Capture.
The game can be played on a tablet, such as an iPad or Android, or mobile phone. You can now download the game from Apple’s App Store or the Google Play Store. For those who prefer an online version, you can also play the game online.
To play, all you need to do is to examine Google Earth images and indicate if you see any evidence of cropland. The information that will be gathered from the game will help the Geo-wiki team to build a better map of global cropland. This sort of information, which is currently lacking, is crucial for global food security, can help to identify where the big yield gaps are, and can be used to monitor crops affected by droughts, amongst many other applications.
Read more about the newly developed game: I'm Not Just Gaming, Ma! I'm Helping The World's Farmers
For more information about the project, check out this video:
During the next six months, follow the progress of the game on Twitter - @CropCapture!
Steffen Fritz and Linda See are Research Scholars in Ecosystems Services and Management at International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis. You can read an interview with them about the Cropland Capture game on The Salt, a blog from National Public Radio (NPR).