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EO AFRICA F2F Agricultural Drought Monitoring from Space

November 6, 2023 - November 9, 2023

In this course, participants will get an introduction on how to use satellite imagery for the purpose of agricultural drought monitoring at various spatial scales, ranging from continental to field scale. The training will be composed of face-to-face lecturing, providing a solid conceptual background, combined with hands-on exercises in the Python programming language to strengthen …

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EO AFRICA Webinar: Use of Remote Sensing to Insure against the Peril Drought

September 19, 2023 @ 14:00 - 16:00 UTC+2

This webinar will provide insights concerning the developed EO-based insurance model that utilizes NDVI-imagery to quantitatively assess occurring agronomic droughts. As a business model, since 2018, the Vegetation Index Crop Insurance (VICI) scheme is successfully in use by various Ethiopian organizations. The webinar will be executed under the framework of the EO AFRICA R&D Facility by  ITC-UTwente.

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EO AFRICA Online Course: Crop Monitoring and Yield Estimation from Space

September 4, 2023 - September 29, 2023

The ever-increasing spatial resolution offered by the newest generation of satellite sensors allow us to monitor agricultural production at the scale of an individual parcel and to quantitatively estimate or predict productivity. This course spanning from 4 to 29 September 2023 with a daily study-load of 2 hours – 10 hours a week, will provide/present participants …

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EO Africa Scientists

EO AFRICA: 4 African Research Fellows selected

At the beginning of 2023 the European Space Agency and the African Union Commission issued a call for 4 African Research Fellows to carry R&D activities for one year in ESA-ESRIN, Frascati. This was the second call, following the one successfully carried-out in 2021/2022. It aims at empowering African Researchers (PhD or Master degree with …

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11th International Workshop on Science and Applications of SAR Polarimetry and Polarimetric Interferometry and BIOMASS Workshop

June 19, 2023 - June 23, 2023
Espace Vanel, 1 Allée Jacques Chaban-Delmas
Toulouse, France, France

Background The European Space Agency is organising the 11th International Workshop on Science and Applications of SAR Polarimetry and Polarimetric Interferometry, PolInSAR & Biomass. The workshop will be held at Espaces Vanel Toulouse, France  on the following dates: 11th PolInSAR & Biomass Workshop: 19 – 23 June 2023 The event will be preceded by the 7th ESA Advanced Course …

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8th EO AFRICA R&D Facility Online Course: Assessing potential use of water resources in an African river basin

May 15, 2023 - June 9, 2023

This online course will show participants how to relate the water balance components (precipitation, evaporation, run-off and groundwater recharge) to identify surpluses of water and possible potential usage of those water resources in the area. The participants are free to conduct the case study on a river catchment (watershed) of their choice. By the end …

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SENTINEL FOR WHEAT RUST DISEASE (SEN4RUST)

Prime company: UNIVERSITY OF CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN (BE)

Ethiopia is the largest wheat producer in sub–Saharan Africa, but also a hot spot for wheat rust diseases. Based on wheat rust surveillance on the ground, the Ethiopian Wheat Rust Early Warning and Advisory System (EWAS) was established by a consortium of national and international partners including Cambridge University, UK Met Office, and CIMMYT. This …

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5th edition of the DLR/ESA open PolInSAR training course

April 17, 2023 - July 7, 2023

This PolInSAR course is an online, hands-on course that aims to develop an understanding of the information content of multi-parameter SAR data in an interactive way, without assuming any prior/background knowledge – though some knowledge in Python programming is welcome. It is organised around 10 sessions over 10 weeks, with lectures and tutorials ranging from SAR image formation up …

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