Agriculture monitoring, and in particular food security, requires near real time information on crop growing conditions for early detection of possible production deficits. Anomaly maps...
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The 2017 edition of the United Nations World Water Development Report, entitled “Wastewater: The Untapped Resource”, demonstrates how improved wastewater management generates social, environmental...
Le Cadre Harmonisé est un outil utilise au Sahel et en Afrique de l’Ouest pour l’identification, l’analyse des zones à...
Tropical Applications of Meteorology Using Satellite Data and Ground-Based Observations (TAMSAT) rainfall monitoring products have been extended to provide spatially contiguous rainfall estimates...
This report summarizes current knowledge at the Joint Research Centre regarding Renewable Energy in Africa. It assesses current energy consumption and the share of renewables in African states...
Monitoring the impact of drought on vegetation conditions is a critical activity for assessing food security in semi-arid and arid countries in Africa. Remote sensing from space offers a unique opportunity...
Early warning monitoring systems in food-insecure countries aim to detect unfavourable crop and pasture conditions as early as possible during the growing season. This manuscript describes a procedure...
In food insecure regions of the world index insurance can represent an effective instrument to improve farmers’ access to credit and foster investments aimed at increasing crop productivity...
A technical workshop on 'The Challenges of Index-Based Insurance For Food Security in Developing Countries', organized by the JRC and the International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI), was held...
For logistical and security reasons, various institutions and organizations monitor vegetation condition in food insecure regions of the world using remote sensing techniques from space. In this study, we...