Geodata for Agriculture and Water
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Geodata for Agriculture and Water (G4AW) improves food security by using satellite data. A grant program executed by the Netherlands Space Office.
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https://g4aw.spaceoffice.nl 17-02-2020 13:42:10
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Geodata for Agriculture and Water visited vegetable farmers using #Sipindo mobile app in Indonesia Lampung. Great work done by East-West Seed EWINDO, ICCO South East Asia Cordaid and partners. Sipindo will continue free service provision to farmers after project ending. NSO NL Global Issues Grow Asia
Geodata for Agriculture and Water discussed today with vegetable farmers about future of agriculture in Indonesia Lampung. Digitalisation is helping young farmers to have access to information and advice. #Sipindo app is helping them. East-West Seed EWINDO, ICCO South East Asia Cordaid NSO NL Global Issues
Director Inclusive Green Growth at Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands René van Hell at the #SpaceforFoodSecurity conference: "Digital resources are not a miracle solution, but their potential for accelerating reaching the #SDG’s is enormous" Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken NSO
Bruce Campbell of Global Center on Adaptation at the #SpaceforFoodSecurity conference talking about the transformation challenges in food security: "50 million farms in Africa have to be climate resilient by 2030, which is only 8 growing seasons away." NSO Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken @rabofoundation
Panel discussion #SpaceforFoodSecurity with G4AW Coordinator Ruud Grim, Catherine le Come (SNV MALI), Boudewijn van Silfhout (eLEAF) and Mark Noort. "In Mali the idea for the project came from the pastoralists themselves and the were fully involved in the development." Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken
.The Practitioners' Network co-President Simon O'Connell speaking about harnessing the power of technology to match the needs of smallholder farmers at the Geodata for Agriculture and Water conference 'Space for Food Security: On the Right Track' #G4AW
Sander Janssen of Wageningen U&R Call to Action at the #SpaceforFoodSecurity conference: "Ensure an equal playing field for global players and local companies". Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken NSO #Space #digitalagrihub @rabofoundation
Marianne van Keep, Chief Sustainability Officer at Verstegen NL, talks about the G4AW project Spice Up at the #SpaceforFoodSecurity conference: "Geo-information for pepper farmers contributes to farmers’ incomes, higher quality, availability in raw materials." Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken
#SpaceforFoodSecurity Panel discussion on Future Trends in Agricultural Digitalisation with World Bank, SNV_Burkina Faso Rabobank F&A: "We have to listen better to smallholder farmers, they know what they need. Digitization and technologies are just enablers." Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken NL Global Issues
Goodmorning everyone, Are you ready for day 2 of the @SpaceforFoodSecurity conference? Watch here the aftermovie of yesterday: youtube.com/watch?v=HVpMkI… Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken NSO NL Global Issues @rabofoundation
How to connect the world of institutions and research with that of service provision to smallholders? That was the call for thought and ideas after side event ‘Earth Observation for food (in)security’ at Geodata for Agriculture and Water conference. World Food Programme HCSS - The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies Geodata for Agriculture and Water EC-JRC World Vision Nederland @HSS
At the Food Security Conference organized by Geodata for Agriculture and Water and NSO, our very own Monitoring and Evaluation Manager Jori shared about the impact evaluation in Practice based on our #AgriCoach App used in Burundian rural areas. Ambassade du Royaume des Pays-Bas au Burundi
Earlier this month the G4AW team attended Group on Earth Observations (GEO) week in Accra, Ghana. Besides attending the plenary the event offered a range of side events, opportunities for networking and knowledge exchange on #EO.