Using two critical indicators developed by Digital Earth Africa, an alarming trend of declining vegetative cover has been identified throughout Northern Ghana. The region, which is drier than the southern areas of the country, experiences less rain, with vegetation consisting predominantly of grassland and savannah vegetation - with clusters of drought-resistant trees such as baobabs or acacias, shea trees and neem trees. The lessening of vegetation over time poses serious ecological threats.
How Digital Earth Africa is supporting sustainable coffee production in Kenya
The DE Africa platform provides free and open data covering the continent of Africa, the satellite data is efficiently prepared into analysis-ready data offering the potential to harness the growing volumes of Earth observation (EO) data to solve a myriad of critical problems in agriculture.
The sugar industry in Africa has had its fair share of seasonal challenges and problems, ranging from fragmentation of lands making it uneconomical for small holder farmers, nutrient exhaustion in soil from maintaining the same crop over years without any kind of regenerative activity, and dwindling crop yields among many others. The industry also faces the challenge of cane poaching, with the survival of many sugar companies threatened by the practice.
The agricultural sector is a major driver of Kenya’s economy and a source of livelihood for most of the population. The agriculture sector plays a key role in reducing poverty and increasing food security across the continent. The Digital Earth Africa (DE Africa) platform was developed to leverage the capabilities of satellite data by providing open and freely accessible services.
Desertification and Drought Day, observed every year on 17 June, is led by the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) to promote international efforts of combating desertification and drought. Today we join the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) Tanzania to share how Earth observation (EO) can be used to monitor the effects of drought.
Today is World Environment Day, observed every year on 5 June to raise awareness of protecting our planet. The theme for 2020 is Biodiversity: Time for nature. To celebrate, we take a look at how Earth observations (EO) are supporting Tanzania to make data driven decisions on conserving the biodiversity of mangroves in Zanzibar.