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Geodata for Agriculture and Water (G4AW) Workshop Overview

Explore opportunities in satellite-based insurance, farm and disaster management, and irrigation at the Netherlands Space Office workshop in Kampala on June 11, 2014.

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Geodata for Agriculture and Water (G4AW) Workshop Overview

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  1. Geodata for Agriculture and Water (G4AW) workshop 11 June 2014, Kampala Netherlands Space Office (NSO) Agri-Profocus

  2. user needsandopportunities Satellite based insurance – crop and livestock Farm management – improving agricultural productivity Effective planning and management - land use planning and investment decisions Disaster management and early warning systems Marketing/price information on agricultural inputs and outputs Irrigation/water – availability and volume of ground water

  3. Netherlands Space Office

  4. G4AW identifiedopportunities Risk: Insurance, micro-finance/loans and disaster management and early warning Farm management 1: (weather information, irrigation advice, crop performance monitoring, biomass) Farm management2: (soil type, water availability, climate, environmental management, land use planning, etc.) Market information (inputs and outputs): yield forecast, crop mapping

  5. Netherlands Space Office

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