Articles & Stories SERVIR Applied Sciences Team helping African countries track and protect forests With a growing population, increased demand for agricultural land and fuel wood are depleting Africa's forests. April 29, 2016
Articles & Stories Protecting Kenya's Tea Crop and Livelihoods Kenya ranks third in the world in yearly tea production. Susan Malaso Kotikot, a native of Kenya who came to the U.S. a year and a half ago to accept a graduate research assistantship and work with SERVIR, wants to help mitigate crop damage by frost – and protect the livelihoods of many Kenyans. February 20, 2016
Blog SERVIR-Eastern & Southern Africa/RCMRD Hosts Workshop on Satellite-based Frost Monitoring RCMRD hosted a training event called “Satellite Based Frost Mapping and Monitoring using MODIS Data" on 23-24 July 2015. August 5, 2015|James Wanjohi, Eastern & Southern Africa/RCMRD
Articles & Stories LandPKS project launches new mobile apps for agriculture and conservation in Africa Agriculture is critically important in Africa, where about 70 percent of the people depend on farming and other rural activities for their livelihoods. Unfortunately, increasing population pressures are degrading and reducing land and water resources, and hindering agricultural productivity. May 22, 2015
Blog SERVIR workshop to help Tanzanian farmers Agriculture is the backbone of economies in East African countries such as Tanzania. To succeed they need more information about droughts and dry spells, yet getting that information to farmers remains a challenge. May 20, 2015