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Building West Africa’s Earth Observation Marketplace through Carbon Accounting and Service Industrialization
Estimating national and regional carbon emissions and sequestration is pivotal to countries' environmental responsibility and accountability for global warming. SERVIR West Africa (WA), a collaborative initiative of NASA and...
SERVIR Clubs: Transforming STEM Education and Gender Equity in Senegal
Collaborative Efforts Bridging the Gender Gap in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics in Senegal, West Africa In an exciting new partnership, USAID and NASA, in partnership with ICRISAT, have joined forces with the...
Transforming Mining with Tech: Fostering Inclusive and Sustainable Development
SERVIR WA Contributes to TechCamp on Illegal Mining Locally known as "Galamsey" in Ghana, illegal small-scale mining has evolved into a major contributor to deforestation, water, air, and soil pollution, as well as farmland...
SERVIR West Africa Shines at Geo for Good: Spotlight on Artisanal Mining Monitoring
SERVIR West Africa contributes to Google Geo for Good (G4G 2023) Summit Experts and innovators in the fields of data science, artificial intelligence, and machine learning, with a specific…
Illegal mining: urgent action required to avert water, food crisis
Public Diplomacy Officer at the United States Embassy in Accra, Kevin Brosnahan, has said failure to effectively address the prevailing challenge of illegal mining risks making the country a net importer of water, and the...
SERVIR Clubs: Pioneering STEM Education and Gender Equity in Senegal
Collaborative efforts to bridge the Gender Gap in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics in Senegal In West Africa, despite commendable efforts by governments to enhance girls' enrollment in Science, Technology,...
Launching of the West Africa Land Cover Reference System
July 3, 2023, marks the West Africa Land Cover Reference System (WCLS) launch. This system was developed with the SERVIR WA consortium, FAO, ECOWAS, and OSS. The WCLS results from a four-year process stemming from the...
SERVIR Workshop in Senegal Mobilizes Partners for Monitoring SDGs in the Environmental Sector
The SERVIR Program in West Africa is actively collaborating with partners in Senegal to align project outcomes with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). A recent workshop in Dakar brought together members of the...
SERVIR Program – Empowering Women and Girls in Science in West Africa
The SERVIR Program in West Africa, a joint USAID-NASA initiative implemented by ICRISAT, is working to encourage more girls and women in Niger to pursue Science Technology Engineering Mathematics (STEM) fields for a more fair...
Women in Crop Modeling – Glorie Metsa Wowo
Glorie is a Computer Scientist with a passion to apply technology to real-life problems. Today she tells us about her work in crop modeling and monitoring through remote sensing and artificial intelligence; Hi Glorie, thank you...
AIMS Alumni awarded SERVIR innovation grants to enhance remote sensing and Earth observations services.
The world is facing numerous challenges that continue to put our existence in danger. From floods, which uproot vast populations, and droughts, which cause food crises, to an increase in seasonal temperatures. The importance of...
USAID, NASA, and Partners Launch the Second Phase of the SERVIR West Africa Program
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in collaboration with NASA, implementing partner ICRISAT and scientific partners launched the second phase of the SERVIR West Africa program, known as...
ICRISAT Wins SERVIR West Africa Phase 2 Implementation Award
The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) has been awarded a five-year cooperative agreement by USAID to implement the second phase of SERVIR West Africa. SERVIR West Africa forms one of...
The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) and ICRISAT partner to advance climate science
The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) and the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) have announced a partnership to jointly implement capacity development programs in...
Supporting a new generation of climate-smart innovators
ICRISAT is facilitating internship opportunities for students from the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) through the joint USAID-NASA SERVIR program in West Africa. A consortium of organizations for...
