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Finding the Ephemeral: Satellite Data Guide Pastoralists to Water

May 23, 2019
Agrilinks Team
Blog Post
The Ferlo region of north-central Senegal is a vast expanse of dry savannah covering over a third of the country’s total area. With only a few small...
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Keywords: 
agriculture, ecosystems, land use, resilience, water, weather & climate services
Geography: 
Africa
Forest in Viet Nam

Driving Innovation to Solve Real-World Problems

May 2, 2018
Devrin Weiss
Blog Post
A joint development initiative of NASA, USAID, premier U.S. research institutions and leading technical organizations around the world, SERVIR...
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Keywords: 
agriculture, biodiversity, climate science, food security, forest/forestry, infrastructure, partnership, resilience, water, weather & climate services
Geography: 
Global
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Marrying Data and Development: How SERVIR Helps Countries Manage Environmental Risks

July 18, 2017
Erin Martin
Blog Post
While emerging scientific evidence suggests that wildfires are on the rise globally, Guatemala’s northern department of Petén, a forest area rich in...
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Keywords: 
adaptation, agriculture, evaluation, forest/forestry, land use, Monitoring & Evaluation, partnership, resilience, weather & climate services
Geography: 
Africa, Global, Latin America & Caribbean
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SERVIR Develops Tool for Assessing Agricultural Practices

January 5, 2017
SERVIR Global
Blog Post
In SERVIR regions, agricultural measures such as irrigation, improved fertilization, and advanced cultivars have the potential to increase food...
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Keywords: 
adaptation, agriculture, food security, resilience, weather & climate services
Geography: 
Global
A scene from one of the many waterways located throughout downtown Dhaka, Bangladesh

Satellite Data Is Saving Lives with Flood Forecasting in Bangladesh

September 30, 2015
Noemi Danao-Schroeder
Dauna Coulter
Blog Post
In May, the first rains of the monsoon season are just starting to fall. In some countries, the rains signal relief. In Bangladesh, they mean...
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Keywords: 
adaptation, climate change integration, resilience, weather & climate services
Geography: 
Asia, Global