Sub-Seasonal to Seasonal Forecasting
This service focuses on the production of seasonal crop-related weather forecasts for improving the quality of products disseminated to end users such as farmers.
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This service focuses on the production of seasonal crop-related weather forecasts for improving the quality of products disseminated to end users such as farmers.
This fact sheet provides and overview SERVIR West Africa phase 2 implementation, which includes a consortium of seven regional institutions in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Niger, Nigeria, Mali and Senegal.
When irrigation isn't available, it's important to know when to expect rain. But with changes to our climate, farmers in West Africa can no longer count on a predictable weather. To mitigate this, SERVIR West Africa works with AGRHYMET to improve access to reliable weather and crop forecasts.
|Jacob Ramthun, SERVIR Science Coordination Office
This fact sheet highlights how SERVIR West Africa is supporting sustainable management in Burkina Faso through commune-level development planning.
The Land Use Land Cover and Change Mapping Service was designed to provide governments with data, tools, and skills to better understand relevant intervention actions related to land conservation and management, ensuring that land resources can be efficiently monitored and regulated.
The Regional Cropland Assessment and Monitoring Service seeks to provide timely information for food security assessments through the development of national and regional crop monitors in East Africa.
The Satellite-Based Water Quality Monitoring Service leverages Earth observing satellite information to assess historical water quality changes of in-land trans-boundary lakes.
The Support for Commune-Level Development Planning in Burkina Faso service is developing an information platform for monitoring of the physical occupation, land use, land cover, and spatial data infrastructure of commune-level administrative areas in Burkina Faso to support decision making related to sustainable management.
Across the globe, disasters and their impacts have been on the rise. Developing countries are especially vulnerable to risks from natural hazards such as floods, landslides, and droughts. SERVIR-Eastern and Southern Africa is helping such countries in their region leverage geospatial technologies to reduce disaster risk and enhance regional capacity in disaster management.
A new paper published recently in Environmental Research Letters – Reviews, led by SERVIR Applied Sciences Team member Scott Goetz, details the state-of-the art of techniques and tools available for keeping track of the Earth's forests and their changes.