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Advisory Services for Soil Fertility Management in Africa Insights from Satellite Data and Digital Tools
G4AW Programme closure booklet
‘Since G4AW, digitalisation has become an integral part of development cooperation’
‘Finance Development Projects that Stimulate Startups and Build a Local Ecosystem’
‘The Key to Success: Farms Provide Free Agro-Advice Using Satellite Data’
'By 2030, we want to help 10 million farmers transition to agroforestry’
'Thanks to G4AW, we were able to grow into a mature business'
Geodata for M&E in FNS Projects: Summary report and a roadmap to greater adoption
'We firmly believe in the benefits of digital applications for development cooperation'
"Thanks to G4AW, we know what works, and that enables new successes"
19 June 2024
'Want to help small farmers with digital services? Then look closely at the local context'
A strong local partner is critical to success
27 March 2024
G4AW has driven and accelerated innovations around food security
Finalization of the G4AW programme and looking ahead
19 July 2023
Space for Food Security Conference Material Available
23 November 2022
G4AW reaches 4 million farmers
31 March 2022
New Lessons Learned publication on sustainable business models and scaling has been published
2 March 2022
SpiceUp interview: "Higher and more sustainable pepper production with satellite data"
13 January 2022
NSO receives international innovation award for 'space for food security' program
26 November 2021
A food systems approach connects 2.3 million people in Burundi
Blueprint for investment in Digital Climate Advisory Services now available!
29 July 2021
Release G4AW Lessons Learned Part 2: Sustainable business models and scaling (Summary Report)
12 July 2021
Key learnings from the G4AW programme
1 April 2021
Dutch water management, driver of global food security
22 March 2021
Building a network of 430 rain meters in Burundi
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NSO supports GCA call to action on scaling up access to DCAS
24 February 2021
Scaling up index insurance for poverty reduction
15 October 2020
Webinar series shows relevance of digital solutions in response to COVID-19
13 October 2020
Climate-smart agriculture, the silver bullet to attract youth in Africa?
12 August 2020
Malian herders adapt to climate using satellites
27 July 2020
Rural youth, the future of agriculture
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Drought Driver of Change for Angola
17 June 2020
The digitisation of African agriculture starts with the farmer
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COVID-19
24 March 2020
New profession in Burundi: Rain Master
16 March 2020
How closing the gender gap can fight hunger and control emissions
6 March 2020
Satellite services help pastoralists safely traverse the Sahel
19 February 2020

Every year, thousands of people die in conflicts between farmers and shepherds that result from the increasing scarcity of water and usable land. The Dutch Geodata for Agriculture and Water (G4AW) programme presents solutions to these problems by utilising satellite data.
When every raindrop counts - R4A
12 November 2019

The Geodata for Agriculture and Water (G4AW) project Rain for Africa (R4A) aims to provide the best available weather and climate data, at an affordable price, or even for free to smallholder farmers in South Africa
New G4AW projects approved to support 200.000 farmers in Ghana and Angola
4 November 2019
G4AW reaches 1 million users milestone
16 October 2019
"MODHEM" featured in Agribusiness TV
30 July 2019
Fruitful workshops about satellite applications for agriculture in South East Asia
4 July 2019
Satellite Data Application for Ugandan Farmers Moves from Project to Business Phase
19 April 2019
Innovative insurance service for farmers based on satellite data gets commercial follow up in Uganda
6 February 2019
Mobile apps and satellite data help farmers in developing countries
21 August 2018
The G4AW call 2017-2018 has been published
22 March 2017
Doing business with satellite based apps and services for smallholder farmers and pastoralists
8 November 2016
NSO stresses the importance of business models to exploit open data at GODAN summit 2016
19 September 2016
Three new G4AW projects
30 August 2016
GODAN publishes 15 success stories of open data for agriculture and nutrition
12 August 2016
'Space for Food Security' side event held at European Space Solution conference
1 July 2016
G4AW newsletter 01 2016
9 May 2016
G4AW second call (2014-2015): Ten projects granted
31 July 2015
G4AW second call (2014-2015): 33 applications received
10 March 2015
Second Call G4AW successfully launched!
11 September 2014

Second Call G4AW successfully launched!
Call 2014-2015
11 September 2014

Official notice for Geodata for Agriculture and Water (G4AW) Facility

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