We concluded three workshops with the Niger Basin Authority and local end users of our data and forecasting products in Benin, Cameroon, and Chad. Long days and very useful feedback!

Some pics of promotional activities and insurance payouts for the drought index insurance campaign in Uganda! #indexinsurance #remotesensing

Local news excerpt on our user workshops with the Niger Basin Authoriity in Benin, Cameroon, and Chad vimeo.com/273876962

With thanks to NSO and G4AW for enabling Dutch companies like EARS to make a sustained effort to improve climate resilience in agriculture in Africa and around the world! #foodsecurity #climate #resiliency earthobservations.org/geo_blog_obs.p…

Innovative insurance service for farmers based on satellite data gets commercial follow up in Uganda #G4AW Ministerie van BZ #SUMAfrica RVO Internationaal #foodsecurity spaceoffice.nl/en/news/278/in…

How satellite applications improve food security in Uganda youtu.be/AQf8nhnsI68

Get info and dataset for the Swiss Re insurance #hackathon challenge: ears.nl/drought-index-… #consensus2017 #blockchain

ELI5: How satellite-based drought insurance works vimeo.com/204857722 #consensus2017 #hackathon

The MUIIS Business @MUIIS_U is really hitting the ground with the managers and leaders of coops & FOs CTA EARS NSO

News coverage (2/2) of the @MUIIS_U project activities in Uganda w/ CTA NSO aWhere youtu.be/Mbd4BLpt_zU

News coverage (1/2) of the @MUIIS_U project activities in Uganda w/ CTA NSO aWhere

Closing ceremony @MUIIS_U Business Training CTA Carol Kyazze Kakooza EARS EASTERN AFRICA FARMERS FEDERATION (EAFF) Mercy Corps NSO Drones for Agriculture Giacomo Rambaldi

Wrapped up two productive workshops in Nigeria and Guinea with Niger Basin Authority and UNESCO-IHE on flow forecasting in the Niger Basin.

More info on the project website sath.abn.ne and ears.nl/projects/satel… #satellite #hydrology

The @MUIIS_U SC meeting here in Kampala Drones for Agriculture CTA aWhere EARS Mercy Corps Ensibuuko

COP23. Bassin du Niger: un satellite pour préserver la collecte de données | GéopolisAfrique #satellite #hydrology geopolis.francetvinfo.fr/cop23-bassin-d…

Participants shared best practice and lessons learned for #agriculture insurance at Global # IndexInsurance Conference in #Dakar. Presentations available at wrld.bg/fYb430h56Lz

More from the field in Uganda as the MUIIS SC meets and visits farmers with success stories @MUIIS_U

Thanks to all colleagues and attendants for very interesting World Bank Finance, Trade, and Competitiveness Global Index Insurance Conference in Dakar this month. Lets work together on #remotesensing for #indexinsurance and #microinsurance initiatives!