Fact Sheet: Desert Locust Monitoring
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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.
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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.
Meet Lilian Ndungu, Agriculture and Food Security Thematic Lead for RCMRD/SERVIR-Eastern and Southern Africa.
Meet Nouhou Koutcha Mariama, Program Assistant for AGRHYMET/SERVIR-West Africa.
Meet Emily Adams, Eastern and Southern Africa Science Coordination Lead for the NASA SERVIR Science Coordination Office.
SERVIR Global is using NASA satellites to guide USAID and FAO resources on the ground to fight locusts in east Africa.
Meet Margaret Ramalho McMorrow, Environment Officer for USAID/West Africa.
A new partnership between NASA and the University of Twente — a public research university located in Enschede, Netherlands — aims to help more people in developing countries harness the power of Earth observations and geospatial technologies to solve problems, improve lives and prepare for the future.
SERVIR improves capacity to create and utilize innovative tools, products and services to better manage today's complex development and environment challenges.
For many years, pastoralists in Northern Kenya have been affected by Opuntia stricta, an invasive cactus native to the Caribbean region and commonly referred to as prickly pear.
The timing and onset of rainfall is crucial for hundreds of thousands of farmers in the developing world when sowing, fertilizing and harvesting crops.