April 2019 – Space for Development

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UK Space Agency IPP – Vivid Economics in Côte d’Ivoire

April 12, 2019 in Blog by Tim Hayward, Caribou Space

At the current rate of deforestation, Côte d’Ivoire could lose its entire forest cover by 2034. Despite forests becoming rare, deforestation rates remain high, and the remaining 3-4 million hectares of forest are mainly threatened by the allocation of more land to agriculture. The country is the world’s largest supplier of cocoa, with most production […]

UK Space Agency IPP – Advanced Coffee Crop Optimisation for Rural Development (ACCORD)

April 1, 2019 in Blog by Connor McSharry, UK Space Agency

ACCORD, led by Earth-i and co-funded from the UK Space Agency’s International Partnership Programme (IPP), uses satellite-enabled data to improve the livelihoods and incomes of smallholder coffee farmers. In November 2018, the IPP team travelled to Rwanda to meet with the international partners who help deliver the project’s impacts. Coffee is a crucial global commodity. […]