Announcements

Activities EO AFRICA R&D – October 2023

2023-11-07 October 2023 was a very busy month for the EO AFRICA R&D Facility. We delivered two face-to-face courses in parallel in Kigali and Dar es Salaam as part of our Capacity Development program through the EO AFRICA Space Academy. Mahdi [Read more...]

12th on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Webinar Series is now available in our YouTube channel

2023-09-29 The 12th Webinar on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Webinar Series is now available in our YouTube channel: Use of Remote Sensing to Insure against the Peril Drought The webinar provides insights concerning the developed EO-based insurance model that utilizes [Read more...]

Open Science is an Integral Part of the EO AFRICA R&D Facility’s Philosophy

2023-07-27 An interesting article in which Dr. Serkan Girgin from the EO AFRICA R&D Consortium, together with Dr. Marloes Penning de Vries, PI of one of our Research Projects, elaborate on the role of Open Science as an integral part of [Read more...]

11th on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Webinar Series is now available in our YouTube channel

2023-07-24 The 11th Webinar on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Webinar Series is now available in our YouTube channel: Surface Soil Moisture products at continental scale The webinar gives an overview of high-resolution (1 km) satellite soil moisture data sets available [Read more...]

10th on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Webinar Series is now available in our YouTube channel

2023-05-17 The 10th Webinar on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Webinar Series is now available in our YouTube channel: Drought Monitoring case studies in Africa The webinar describes ways to monitor drought events using microwave Earth Observation data. Existing methods for [Read more...]

Version 2 of the MOOC on Drought Assessment and Monitoring from Space

2023-05-03 Version 2 of the MOOC on Drought Assessment and Monitoring from Space is launched. Some additional webinars and descriptions of related research is included in the MOOC. For the presentations, both French and English subtitles can be displayed over the [Read more...]

Announcing the EO AFRICA R&D Research Projects – Awarded Proposals (Second Call)

2023-03-08 EO AFRICA R&D Research Projects 2023-2024 – Awarded Proposals: EO AFRICA R&D Research Projects 2023-2024 Following the successful Call for Research Proposals 2022-2023, the EO AFRICA R&D Facility, in coordination with the European Space Agency (ESA) and the African Union [Read more...]

9th on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Webinar Series is now available in our YouTube channel

2023-02-21 The 9th Webinar on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Webinar Series is now available in our YouTube channel: Global flood monitoring and Surface Soil Moisture anomalies The webinar describes ways to monitor flood events and surface soil moisture on a [Read more...]

8th on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Webinar Series is now available in our YouTube channel

2023-02-08 The 8th Webinar on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Webinar Series is now available in our YouTube channel: fPAR as a Proxy for Yield Estimation/Forecasting The webinar provides a biological basis for crop yield estimation and within-season forecasting with Earth [Read more...]

African Research Fellowships Call 2023

2023-02-02 We are pleased to announce the 2023 AUC-ESA call that will offer 1-year fellowships to 4 new African Researchers to work at the ESA-ESRIN premises in Frascati (Rome, Italy) in synergy with ESA projects and scientists. More information here: https://eo4society.esa.int/2022/12/02/arf2023/ [Read more...]

Registration is open for Face to Face course on Parcel-based Crop Monitoring from Space

The course is open for applicants from AFRICA only!

Face to Face course on Parcel-based Crop Monitoring from Space

January 22 – 26, 2024 Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar, Dakar, Senegal Get ready to take part in this 5-day training with colleagues from all over the continent and learn how to tackle the challenges of Food Security by exploiting high resolution satellite observations to monitor crop production at individual field scale. The course consists of presentations and practical exercises in Python. https://www.eoafrica-rd.org/space-academy/face-to-face-courses/face-to-face-course-on-parcel-based-crop-monitoring-from-space/

14th on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Webinar Series

Crop mapping in Zankalon, Egypt using different ML classifiers in Python

December 6, 2023, 14:00 CET (GMT+1) Online webinar with live-chat In this webinar the introduction and overview of the machine learning algorithms and classifiers will be provided with a special focus on supervised ML methods such as: Random Forest, Support Vector Machines and unsupervised ML methods such as K-means. https://www.eoafrica-rd.org/space-academy/webinars/#webinar14

13th on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Webinar Series

Parcel-based crop monitoring from space

Wednesday, 29 November, 2023, 14:00 CET (GMT+1) Online webinar with live-chat This webinar will provide insights into the possibilities, limitations and remaining challenges related to high-resolution crop monitoring. Together we will explore which information can be derived from these satellite observations, including parcel extent, crop type, phenology, biomass production and crop stress. https://www.eoafrica-rd.org/space-academy/webinars/#webinar13

Registration is open for Face to Face course on Agricultural Drought Monitoring from Space

The course is open for applicants from AFRICA only!

Face to Face course on Agricultural Drought Monitoring from Space

November 6 – 9, 2023 Cape Town, South Africa In this course, participants will get an introduction on how to use satellite imagery for the purpose of agricultural drought monitoring at various spatial scales, ranging from continental to field scale. https://www.eoafrica-rd.org/space-academy/face-to-face-courses/face-to-face-course-on-agricultural-drought-monitoring-from-space/

Registration is open for Face to Face course on Assessing vegetation dynamics from space with cloud-based EO analyses

The course is open for applicants from AFRICA only!

Face to Face course on Assessing vegetation dynamics from space with cloud-based EO analyses

November 19 – 23, 2023 Cairo, Egypt In this course, participants will get an introduction to cloud-based techniques for assessing vegetation dynamics with Earth Observation data. https://www.eoafrica-rd.org/space-academy/face-to-face-courses/face-to-face-course-on-assessing-vegetation-dynamics-from-space-with-cloud-based-eo-analyses/

12th on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Webinar Series

Use of Remote Sensing to Insure against the Peril Drought

September 19, 2023, 14:00 CET Online webinar with live-chat The webinar will provide insights concerning the developed EO-based insurance model that utilizes NDVI-imagery to quantitatively assess occurring agronomic droughts. As a business model, since 2018, the Vegetation Index Crop Insurance (VICI) scheme is successfully in use by various Ethiopian organizations. https://www.eoafrica-rd.org/space-academy/webinars/#webinar12

Registration is open for Face to Face course on Soil Moisture and Inland Water Monitoring with Satellite Radar

The course is open for applicants from AFRICA only!

Face to Face course on Soil Moisture and Inland Water Monitoring with Satellite Radar

October 16 – 20, 2023 University of Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania This course is covering the general concepts of radar remote sensing, how radar/microwaves interact with soil and vegetation, soil moisture retrieval with satellite radar, and the concept of zenith radar altimetry. https://www.eoafrica-rd.org/space-academy/face-to-face-courses/face-to-face-course-on-soil-moisture-and-inland-water-monitoring-with-satellite-radar/

9th on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Online Courses

The course is open for applicants from AFRICA only

Crop Monitoring and Yield Estimation from Space

September 4 – 29, 2023 Online course with live-chat The ever-increasing spatial resolution offered by the newest generation of satellite sensors allow us to monitor agricultural production at the scale of an individual parcel and to quantitatively estimate or predict productivity. https://www.eoafrica-rd.org/space-academy/on-line-courses/crop-monitoring-and-yield-estimation-from-space/

11th on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Webinar Series

Surface Soil Moisture products at continental scale

June 13, 2023, 14:00 CET Online webinar with live-chat The webinar will give an overview of high-resolution (1 km) satellite soil moisture data sets available at continental to global scale. These data sets are either derived by downscaling coarse resolution data from passive (SMAP, SMOS, AMSR2) and active (ASCAT) microwave sensors using optical or Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data, or by deriving the soil moisture data directly from only the SAR data. https://www.eoafrica-rd.org/space-academy/webinars/#webinar11

10th on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Webinar Series

Drought Monitoring case studies in Africa

April 11, 2023, 14:00 CET Online webinar with live-chat The webinar will describe ways to monitor drought events using microwave Earth Observation data. Existing methods for the calculation of climate normals, anomalies and drought indicators will be described and demonstrated over Africa. The strength and weaknesses of the indicators and an evaluation with common drought indicators such as Standardized Precipitation Index will be discussed. Furthermore, the use of soil moisture for early season yield prediction will be discussed. https://www.eoafrica-rd.org/space-academy/webinars/#webinar10

Registration is open for Face to Face course on Parcel-based Crop Monitoring from Space

Face to Face course on Parcel-based Crop Monitoring from Space | Date: January 22 – 26, 2024 | Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar, Dakar, Senegal | Get ready to take part in this 5-day training with colleagues from all over the continent and learn how to tackle the challenges of Food Security by exploiting high resolution satellite observations to monitor crop production at individual field scale. The course consists of presentations and practical exercises in Python.

14th on the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Webinar Series

Crop mapping in Zankalon, Egypt using different ML classifiers in Python | December 6, 2023, 14:00 CET (GMT+1) | Online webinar with live-chat | In this webinar the introduction and overview of the machine learning algorithms and classifiers will be provided with a special focus on supervised ML methods such as: Random Forest, Support Vector Machines and unsupervised ML methods such as K-means.

Version 2 of the MOOC on Drought Assessment and Monitoring from Space

Version 2 of the MOOC on Drought Assessment and Monitoring from Space is launched. Some additional webinars and descriptions of related research is included in the MOOC. For the presentations, both French and English subtitles can be displayed over the

EO AFRICA R&D Facility Forum

Announcing the implementation of the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Forum: We have recently implemented the EO AFRICA R&D Facility Forum as an online discussion board where people from the EO AFRICA community can ask questions, share their experiences, and discuss