Objective
AGRICAB aims to strengthen Earth Observation (EO) capacities in Africa by building on the open data sharing through GEONETCast, connecting the available satellite and other data with predictive models in order to facilitate integration in agriculture and forestry planning and management processes. Dedicated national applications in various African countries are designed to address particular policy issues related to livestock, crop systems and forest management. Through these applications, “twinning partnerships” are developed between a European and an African partner, to maximize knowledge transfer and integration. Experiences learned will form a good basis for regional trainings to the member states of the Observatoire du Sahara et du Sahel (OSS) in Tunisia, the Regional Centre for Mapping Resources for Development (RCMRD) in Kenya and the AGRHYMET regional centre in Niger, covering almost the entire African continent. These activities will be linked with Africa-wide management and research initiatives and programmes on Forest and Agriculture and builds on experiences from the GEONETCast for and by Developing Countries (DevCoCast) and Global Monitoring for Food Security (GMFS) projects.
Fields of science
- engineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringaerospace engineeringsatellite technology
- agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesforestrysilviculture
- medical and health scienceshealth sciencesnutrition
- agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculture
- agricultural sciencesanimal and dairy sciencedomestic animalsanimal husbandry
Programme(s)
Call for proposal
FP7-ENV-2011
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Coordinator
2400 Mol
Belgium
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Participants (16)
00100 Nairobi
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4000 Liege
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00613 Nairobi
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7522 NB Enschede
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MAPUTO
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11011 Niamey
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00143 ROMA
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6708 PB Wageningen
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15 532 Dakar
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Nairobi
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00200 Maputo
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1080 Tunis
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0001 Pretoria
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Addis Ababa
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12227-010 Sao Jose Dos Campos
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47151 BOECILLO VALLADOLID
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