Autor: Martijn
28 octubre 2021
Newly Developed Farm Extension Service Launched: MapYourCrop
FutureWater, with TWIGA project partners HiView, Hydrologic and UFZ Helmholtz, have developed the farm extension service ‘MapYourCrop’. The MapYourCrop service uses drones, or flying sensors, to collect crop information with an unprecedented level of detail. What makes MapYourCrop unique is that flying sensor data is enriched with detailed crop status information collected by the smartphone...
8 octubre 2021
Climate Risk and Adaptation (CRA) assessment for solar power plants and wind farm projects in Bhutan finished
FutureWater has undertaken a Climate Risk and Adaptation assessment (CRA), commissioned by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), for two solar power plant and one wind farm projects in Bhutan. The goal of the ADB project ‘Renewable Energy for Climate Resilience’ in Bhutan is to diversify Bhutan’s energy portfolio. The expectation is that climate change impacts...
22 septiembre 2021
Training to enhance agricultural production in Iraq starting next week
Next week the Nuffic TMT training will start on ‘Climate smart irrigation strategies to improve salinity control and enhance agricultural production in Iraq’, provided by FutureWater and Wageningen University, in collaboration with Basra University. The training, using the FutureWater Moodle School, is aimed at building capacity of participants in accessing and using innovative public-domain data,...
21 septiembre 2021
FutureWater and HiView give lectures on flying sensor applications
Last week FutureWater, together with its partner HiView, gave two days of lectures at IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, which partners with UNESCO. As part of their master degree, seven students were taught on the theory behind flying sensors (also known as drones), the different types of applications and how to use them in...
5 julio 2021
New study led by FutureWater shows that High Mountain Asia faces challenges in water availability
High Mountain Asia (HMA) has the world’s largest ice and snow reserves outside the polar regions and is an important source of water for the major river systems in Asia, providing water for a population of more than a billion people. HMA has experienced many climatic changes which led to changes in the cryosphere and...
1 julio 2021
Using drones to attract youth into agribusiness and increase food production in Kenya
In Kenya, roughly 70% of the population is aged between 15-34. This age group is expected to double by the year 2050. Approximately 1 million young Kenyans enter the job market each year and only about 35% are absorbed into the formal job market. The remaining 65% end up unemployed or under employed. The agriculture...
24 junio 2021
Se culmina el análisis de vulnerabilidad climática que servirá de base para la nueva planificación territorial de la Cuenca Hidrológica del Canal de Panamá
FutureWater e IDOM han entregado el informe final relativo a “Prospectiva: Tendencias y Escenarios” asociado al proyecto “Plan Indicativo de Ordenamiento Territorial Ambiental (PIOTA) para la Cuenca Hidrográfica del Canal de Panamá”. El proyecto PIOTA-CHCP, el cual está liderado por la Autoridad del Canal de Panamá (ACP) y promovido con fondos del Banco Interámericano de...
16 junio 2021
The eco.business Development Facility and ETG Fund FutureWater to Support Sustainable Kenyan Agribusinesses
The eco.business Fund, in partnership with FutureWater and Export Trading Group (ETG), one of the largest integrated agricultural supply chain managers and processors in sub-Saharan Africa, has launched a pilot project in Kenya for data-driven agricultural intensification. This project aims to improve farmer productivity and profitability whilst enhancing the environmental risk management and climate resilience...
15 junio 2021
Press Release: EU Agricultural Imports Vulnerable to Future Climate Change
More than 44% of the European Union’s future agricultural imports, such as coffee, cocoa and soybean, could become highly vulnerable to drought by 2050 as a result of climate change, suggests a paper in Nature Communications. The findings highlight the increasing vulnerabilities of agricultural imports to climate change. The vulnerability of the agricultural sector to...
3 junio 2021
HiHydroSoil v2.0 now available on Google Earth Engine
We are excited to announce that our high resolution dataset with global maps for Soil Hydraulic Properties HiHydroSoil v2.0 is now available on Google Earth Engine! It’s made available through the github page «Awesome GEE Community Datasets» by Samapriya Roy. A sample code on how to access the HiHydroSoil v2.0 dataset in Google Earth Engine...
