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Innovative insurance service for farmers based on satellite data gets commercial follow up in Uganda #G4AW @minbuza #SUMAfrica @RVO_Int_Ond #foodsecurity spaceoffice.nl/en/news/278/in…

How satellite applications improve food security in Uganda youtu.be/AQf8nhnsI68

With thanks to @NLSpaceOffice and G4AW for enabling Dutch companies like EARS to make a sustained effort to improve climate resilience in agriculture in Africa and around the world! #foodsecurity #climate #resiliency earthobservations.org/geo_blog_obs.p…

Local news excerpt on our user workshops with the Niger Basin Authoriity in Benin, Cameroon, and Chad vimeo.com/273876962

Some pics of promotional activities and insurance payouts for the drought index insurance campaign in Uganda! #indexinsurance #remotesensing

We concluded three workshops with the Niger Basin Authority and local end users of our data and forecasting products in Benin, Cameroon, and Chad. Long days and very useful feedback!

Participants shared best practice and lessons learned for #agriculture insurance at Global # IndexInsurance Conference in #Dakar. Presentations available at wrld.bg/fYb430h56Lz

Thanks to all colleagues and attendants for very interesting @WBG_Finance Global Index Insurance Conference in Dakar this month. Lets work together on #remotesensing for #indexinsurance and #microinsurance initiatives!

More from the field in Uganda as the MUIIS SC meets and visits farmers with success stories @MUIIS_U

The @MUIIS_U SC meeting here in Kampala @UAV4Ag @CTAflash @aWhere @EARS_NL @mercycorps @ensibuuko

COP23. Bassin du Niger: un satellite pour préserver la collecte de données | @GeopolisAfrique #satellite #hydrology geopolis.francetvinfo.fr/cop23-bassin-d…

More info on the project website sath.abn.ne and ears.nl/projects/satel… #satellite #hydrology

Wrapped up two productive workshops in Nigeria and Guinea with Niger Basin Authority and @UnescoIHE on flow forecasting in the Niger Basin.

Closing ceremony @MUIIS_U Business Training @CTAflash @ckyazze @EARS_NL @EAFFinfo @mercycorps @NLSpaceOffice @UAV4Ag @iapad

News coverage (1/2) of the @MUIIS_U project activities in Uganda w/ @CTAflash @NLSpaceOffice @aWhere

News coverage (2/2) of the @MUIIS_U project activities in Uganda w/ @CTAflash @NLSpaceOffice @aWhere youtu.be/Mbd4BLpt_zU

The MUIIS Business @MUIIS_U is really hitting the ground with the managers and leaders of coops & FOs @CTAflash @EARS_NL @NLSpaceOffice

And the winners of the @SwissRe challenge are BIMA and autocontract.io #consensus2017

ELI5: How satellite-based drought insurance works vimeo.com/204857722 #consensus2017 #hackathon

Get info and dataset for the @SwissRe insurance #hackathon challenge: ears.nl/drought-index-… #consensus2017 #blockchain