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Mapping Rice Yields using Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and the ORYZA Model

Data on rice production is a fundamental component of the economy in many Asian countries, yet the existing national accounting process is not sufficient to meet the information demand. Tri Setiyono and colleagues at IRRI published a new rice yield mapping study based on the microwave remote sensing data from multiple satellites and the ORYZA […]

Mapping Soil Erosion using Satellite Remote Sensing

Tor-Gunnar Vågen and Leigh Ann Winowiecki from World Agroforestry (ICRAF) co-authored a study on the spatial assessments of soil erosion prevalence using satellite remote sensing data.

CGIAR-CSI Goes to AfricaGIS 2019

CGIAR-CSI partners with EIS-Africa to participate in the upcoming AfricaGIS 2019 conference in Rwanda in November 2019. About 30 community members representing all CGIAR Centers and partners will present their latest research in the Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security track. AfricaGIS 2019 Innovations in Geospatial Technologies for Achieving Sustainable Development Goals in Africa Kigali Conference […]

Mapping Inland Valleys in Benin, Sierra Leone, and Mali

Justin Djagba (AfricaRice) and Sander Zwart (IWMI) co-authored a data article describing the dataset used in two earlier studies that investigated the potential of rice production in inland valleys. The dataset includes the location-specific biophysical and socioeconomic characteristics analyzed from the interview of about 7,500 farmers in 500 inland valleys across three countries.

Do you collect data from the field? We need to talk!

Georeferenced data has many potential uses for groundtruthing in data science applications, yet only about 20% of CGIAR-collected data is estimated to be georeferenced. Please fill out a short survey and share your thoughts on what are the most important challenges and issues in the recording of locations.