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15 febrero 2018
New Horizon 2020 project TWIGA officially started
Last week the kick-off meeting took place of a new Horizon 2020 project TWIGA; Transforming Water, weather, and climate information through In situ observations for Geo-services in Africa. The project aims to provide actionable geo-information on weather, water, and climate in Africa through innovative combinations of new in situ sensors and satellite-based geo-data. With the...
1 febrero 2018
New IMPREX policy brief: EU’s vulnerability to climate change impacts outside its borders
Climate change is leading to increased water scarcity and drought in many parts of the world. This has implications for the European Union (EU) because a lot of the goods consumed or used in the EU are produced abroad. This makes its economy dependent on water resources from beyond its borders. As part of the...
19 enero 2018
First ThirdEye flying sensor operators trained in Kenya
The ThirdEye project supports farmers in Kenya by setting up a network of flying sensors operators. These operators are equipped with flying sensors and tools to analyse the obtained imagery. In December ThirdEye staff conducted an intensive two weeks flying sensor training at Agricultural Training Centre (ATC) Kaguru, 15 km south of Meru, Kenya. The...
9 enero 2018
Study conducted on water productivity mapping using flying sensors and crop modeling
Recently, FutureWater conducted a study for RVO to test the feasibility of mapping water productivity and yield gaps based on a combination of Flying Sensor imagery and crop water productivity modeling in order to provide plot-level recommendations to farmers. The objective of this pilot study was to achieve plot-level maps of water productivity and yield...
4 enero 2018
Climate change will result in increased hydrological extremes in the upstream domains of the Indus, Ganges, and Brahmaputra
Hydrological extremes, such as the South Asian monsoon floods of last year, have a devastating impact on a society. Evidence suggests that hydrological extremes are increasing. To reduce the adverse impacts of hydrological extremes, adaptation strategies need to be developed, which requires knowledge on which drivers/processes are responsible for changes in hydrological extremes. For this...
2 enero 2018
FutureWater comenzó el proyecto HERMANA con dos misiones a la Corporación del Valle del Cauca
Dos misiones de una semana de duración cada una, la primera del 4 al 8 de septiembre y la segunda del 9 al 13 de octubre de 2017, se celebraron en Calí (Colombia) como puntos de partida del proyecto HERMANA. Durante estas misiones, el equipo HERMANA compuesto por personal de Deltares, FutureWater y las Autoridades...
28 diciembre 2017
Higher crop water requirements due to climate change in Kazakhstan
The government of Kazakhstan with financial support of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) is planning to upgrade and rehabilitate its irrigation sector. A detailed Climate Risk and Vulnerability Assessment (CRVA) has been undertaken by a consortium led by FutureWater in 2017. The team collected all available data on the project and had undertaken a rigorous...
18 septiembre 2017
Dutch climate experts join forces
Fourteen Dutch knowledge organisations have joined forces to provide government bodies and companies in the Netherlands and abroad with better policy advice on adapting to the enormous challenges posed by climate change. Today, they signed agreements to establish the Netherlands Consortium on Climate Change Adaptation (CCCA). The consortium will integrate knowledge and expertise from various...
14 septiembre 2017
At least one-third of Asian glaciers will disappear
Even if the planet only warms up by 1.5 degrees Celsius – which is what the signatories to the Paris climate agreement are aiming for – one-third of all Asian glaciers will have melted by 2100, according to a study carried out by Utrecht University and FutureWater, which is published in Nature on 14 September....
1 septiembre 2017
FutureWater releases new study on monitoring Water Productivity
Water Productivity, expressed as the amount of crop yield over the amount of water consumed (kg/m3), has been accepted as the standard to monitor sustainable water management. FutureWater has evaluated various methods, including satellites and Flying Sensors (drones) to monitor Water Productivity for a demonstration project ThirdEye in southern Mozambique. Monitoring Water Productivity is set...
