Kenya Invasive Species Mapper
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The Invasive Species Mapper is a citizen-science smartphone app that crowdsources invasive species detection to give managers information on their current extent and spread.
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The Invasive Species Mapper is a citizen-science smartphone app that crowdsources invasive species detection to give managers information on their current extent and spread.
Kenya’s Ministry of Agriculture is collaborating with USAID and NASA to use satellite tools that expand their understanding of the climate-related challenges that farmers are facing.
|Lena Pransky and Jacob Ramthun, NASA Science Coordination Office
From a modest upbringing in a plaster-coated, mud-and-bamboo house in Kampala, Uganda to sharing the million dollar Al Sumait Prize for African Development, Assistant Professor Catherine Nakalembe’s life could easily become a Hollywood movie.
Women play a pivotal role in agricultural production. Worldwide, women represent 43 percent of the agricultural labor force; in Kenya, that number is between 42 and 65 percent.
|Janet Nackoney, Land and Resource Governance Officer, USAID and Dorah Nesoba, Public Relations and Communication Officer, RCMRD
The Ecological Modeling Service uses select data sources, derived products, and modeling techniques to better understand the distribution and spread of invasive species.
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.
With a growing population, increased demand for agricultural land and fuel wood are depleting Africa's forests.
Deforestation and habitat fragmentation in the tropics represent major threats to biodiversity and contribute to carbon emissions.
Learn how Kenya’s Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, and Cooperatives (MoALFC) used the Regional Cropland Assessment and Monitoring Service to improve its yield assessment.
This fact sheet highlights how SERVIR is using satellite data to pinpoint breeding locations for locusts so that the pests can be eradicated before they take flight.