Connecting space to village: towards a regional Earth Observations marketplace in West Africa
WELCOME TO SERVIR West Africa!
Agriculture and food security (AFS)
Agriculture is the base of the economy of West Africa, which, as the World Bank asserts, provides livelihoods for most of the vulnerable population…
Land use land cover change and ecosystems (LUE)
Landscape management is associated with major challenges and opportunities throughout West Africa…
Water and water-related disasters (WRD)
Water scarcity and excess are the major constraints to sustainable livelihoods in the Sahel and West Africa. They usually result in floods and droughts…
Weather and climate (WAC)
West Africa is prone to high variability in seasonal weather. This is exacerbated by climate change, which increases the severity and frequency of this variation. Traditional means…
Financial instruments (FIS)
Financial Instruments (FIS) is a new service area proposed by SERVIR West Africa for 2022-2027 to build EO services that leverage stakeholders’ access to financial resources across…
NEWs
Modernizing Agricultural Monitoring in West Africa Using Earth Observation Data
A SERVIR West Africa Community of Practice is Leading the Way Advancing national agriculture monitoring in West Africa through Earth Observation...
Shaping Community Development Planning with Geolocation
SERVIR West Africa Empowers Burkina Faso's Community of Practice Technical experts, youth representatives, and women's groups in Burkina Faso were...
How Can AI Help Predict Locust Outbreaks In West Africa?
A data scientist from Mali is part of a team using machine learning to help forecast —and hopefully prevent — devastating locust swarms in West…
Empowering Women’s Associations to Combat Land Degradation and Achieve Carbon Market Success
SERVIR WA to Support Commune-Level Development Planning in Burkina Faso In rural communities, women play a crucial, yet often overlooked, role in...
NASA’s Science Coordination Office and SERVIR West Africa’s leadership teams visits CSE in Senegal
As part of the Phase 2 implementation of the SERVIR Program in West Africa, the Director General of the CSE (Centre de Suivi Ecologique) and his...
Championing Sustainable Agriculture in Niger
SERVIR WA Supports Land Restoration Initiatives The journey towards sustainable agriculture and land restoration in Niger has taken a significant...
The SERVIR Global Network
SERVIR consists of five regional hubs: SERVIR Amazonia, SERVIR Eastern & Southern Africa, SERVIR Hindu Kush Himalaya (SERVIR-HKH), SERVIR Mekong, and SERVIR West Africa. The hubs work closely with each other and affiliated USAID missions, project partners, and NASA.
Capacity Building
SERVIR puts science at the service of society by building the capacity of regional and national organizations that have demonstrated their ability to work with governments and people and have the capacity to use Earth observation data to understand, predict, and act at the local and regional levels.
WHAT IS SERVIR?
A joint initiative of NASA, USAID, and leading geospatial organisations in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, SERVIR partners with countries in these regions to address critical challenges in climate change, food security, water and related disasters, land use, and air quality. Using satellite data and geospatial technology, SERVIR co-develops innovative solutions through a network of regional hubs to improve resilience and sustainable resource management at local, national and regional scales.
SERVIR Global Network
- SERVIR Global
- SERVIR-Eastern and Southern Africa: Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD)
- SERVIR West Africa: International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)
- SERVIR MEKONG: Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC)
- SERVIR Amazonia: International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
- SERVIR Hindu Kush Himalayas: International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)
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Contact
c/o ICRISAT West and Central Africa Region Hub,
Samanko Station, Route de la Guinée,
P.O. Box 320, Bamako, Mali
info-servir@icrisat.org
