AfriCultuReS wishes you a happy, healthy and prosperous 2023!
AfriCultuReS Food Security
Enhancing Food Security in AFRIcan AgriCULTUral Systems with the Support of REmote Sensing
The AfriCultuReS project, sponsored by the H2020 programme of the European Commission, ended in October 2022 and continues as the AfriCultuReS partnership from 2023 on. In the new year we will further develop our data infrastructure, services and products at https://africultures-platform.eu/ and we will inform you on the progress of the AfriCultuReS use cases:
·???????Crop yield early warning system – Ghana
·???????Crop & crop condition mapping for wheat avocado & macadamia value chains – Kenya
·???????Water bodies status, extent & quality mapping – Kenya
·???????Earth observation for index-based crop insurance – Rwanda
·???????Regional pastoral information service – Niger
·???????Crop monitoring and yield forecasting – Mozambique
·???????Alleviating adverse impacts of drought on livestock farmers – South Africa
·???????Drought monitoring & early warning – Tunisia
·???????Wheat crop growth & condition, phenology & related water stress – Tunisia
·???????Irrigated areas crop water use or need – Tunisia
·???????Crop acreage & yield estimate – Tunisia
We hope that the situation in Ethiopia has improved sufficiently to give special attention to our use cases there:
·???????Crop mapping for the production of crop statistics – Ethiopia
·???????Irrigation information system – Ethiopia
As a final thought for 2022 we would like to draw your attention to the article “5 Things Silicon Valley Gets Wrong About Agriculture” https://www.entrepreneur.com/science-technology/5-things-silicon-valley-gets-wrong-about-agriculture/439229 (thanks Jeff Lakner for posting this) that contains important lessons for all those working in digital agriculture anywhere in the world.
AfriCultuReS wishes you a happy, healthy and prosperous 2023!