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Seeds of Inspiration: Sudan's First Flying Robot Farmer
Two Sudanese inventors use a drone to take on desertification and their rivals in a TV competition for entrepreneurs.
South winds blowing on the eastern edge of a disturbance on Morocco drag dust raised in the Sahel to the Iberian Peninsula
1,000 sand dams! An Excellent milestone
Over the past 16 years, Excellent Development has been working with partners across Kenya, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Sudan, Chad, Swaziland and India. Our main focus has been to enable the building of sand dams in these arid and semi-arid lands to provide access to clean water and all its…
A closed-loop, drought-independent agriculture method that could be placed across a variety of harsh climates
The population is estimated to reach nine billion by 2050, putting huge strains on food outputs. Combine this with climate change and desertification – leading to smaller amounts of arable land for crop production – and existing irrigation practices that over-extract groundwater and you begin to see…
New Publication : FAO-ITU E-agriculture in Action: Drones for Agriculture
This publication comes amidst the increase in the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) [also known as drones] in agriculture – which was predicted to be the second largest user of drones in the world in the next 5 years. Chapters in this publication were contributed by various actors within…
Renewables 2018 Global Status Report
Transformation is picking up speed in the power sector, but urgent action is required in heating, cooling and transport This year's Renewables 2018 Global Status Report GSR reveals two realities: one in which a revolution in the power sector is driving rapid change towards a renewable energy future…
Powerful New Policy Options to Scale Up Renewables in New IRENA, IEA, REN21 Report
A new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), the International Energy Agency (IEA), and the Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21), Renewable Energy Policies in a Time of Transition, is an unprecedented collaboration that sheds new light on the policy…
The Landscape Portal is ICRAF's interactive online spatial data storage and visualization platform. It comes with a rich set of features to store, document, search and retrieve, and visualize spatial data and maps.
The Landscapes Portal is an online GIS platform with a number of features for visualisation, data management and spatial modelling
Clean energy can provide 100% of electricity
All the electricity the world needs can come from clean energy, reliably and throughout the year, British researchers say, at any time of day or night.
New IRENA report: 'Hydrogen from Renewable Power'
Launched during IRENA's Innovation Week, the agency's latest technology outlook 'Hydrogen from Renewable Power' outlines the potentially pivotal role hydrogen may play in a deeper energy transition. And, while hydrogen is already widely used in facilities such as chemicals plants and refineries, by…
Wind and solar power can green the desert
Cover enough ground with wind turbines and solar panels, and you change the local climate, green the desert and could even boost the Sahara's rainfall.
Mathematics as weapon against desertification
Ph.D. student Robbin Bastiaansen applies mathematics to get insight in practical problems. By comparing mathematical models with developments in existing ecosystems, he hopes to demystify the process of desertification. His research has been published in Proceedings of the National Academy of…
Have your say! Survey on the potential contribution of Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) to enhancing the well-being and livelihoods of people as well as the state of the environment
The Science-Policy Interface (SPI) of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) wishes to invite you to participate in a survey on the potential contribution of Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) to enhancing the well-being and livelihoods of people as well as the state of the…