Posted on May 28, 2018 by Mariangela
The Global Environment Facility Integrated Approach Pilot (IAP) on sustainability and resilience for food security in sub-Saharan Africa is one of the target programs of the EO4SD (Earth Observation for Sustainable Development) “Agriculture and Rural Development Cluster”....
Posted on March 22, 2018 by Mariangela
See how Earth Observation supports water resource managers worldwide in the video produced by the EO4SD Water Resources team, and learn more about ESA initiatives for safeguarding water in this article. Watch the video in English: in...
Posted on March 22, 2018 by Mariangela
To support the implementation of development initiatives in African countries, and to contribute to filling the data and information gaps regarding the status and change in land use, vegetation cover, agricultural production and water productivity, the European...
Posted on January 23, 2018 by Mariangela
Last 16th January, an initial exploratory meeting took place at ESRIN to start a discussion on EO and Official Development Assistance (ODA) with first interested national aid agencies from across Europe, together with representatives from the national...
Posted on January 11, 2018 by Mariangela
The World Bank organised the second edition of the Geospatial Day event at the World Bank premises in Washington DC from 6 to 7 December, 2017. An event that aims at further raising awareness amongst Bank consultants and staff...
Posted on January 9, 2018 by Mariangela
Uganda has an estimated population of 35.8 million, 80% of whom are involved in agricultural production that contributes to about 22% of the total Gross Domestic Product (GDP) demonstrating the importance of agriculture for the country. ESA’s...
Posted on December 18, 2017 by Mariangela
The World Bank has recently released an online course on its Open Learning Campus platform, focused on information for managing the risks and uncertainties of a changing climate. Especially oriented to practitioners and policy makers, it includes...
Posted on October 30, 2017 by Mariangela
The EO4SD- Agriculture and Rural Development cluster provides the SAWAP team with tools and indicators for better evaluating and monitoring the SAWAP objectives, execution and achievements. OSS, responsible organisation for monitoring and evaluation of the SAWAP program,...
Posted on October 27, 2017 by Mariangela
In August 2017, the EO4SD-Urban Consortium was able to provide fast and valuable support to the city of Dhaka, Bangladesh, which faced intense flooding. These events, despite not the largest in term of magnitude occurred in the...
Posted on October 25, 2017 by Mariangela
A high-level Stakeholder Consultation meeting took place in Frascati (Rome) marking the conclusion of Phase 1 of the EO4SD-Agriculture and Rural Development project and welcoming representatives from the key Multilateral Development Banks and aid organisations involved in...