World Weather WatchER Series: October 27, 2021
https://youtu.be/X5gTBkwl9CMThis session we will focus on the impact of La Nina in North America, South America and Eastern Africa for a food pricing and food security lens. You can start you…
World Food Day 2021: Choosing to be a Food Hero
World Food Day on October 16th is focused on raising awareness about hunger, malnutrition, sustainability and food production. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has chosen the theme of “Celebrating…
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World Weather WatchER Series: October 12, 2021
https://youtu.be/Nsk46wsbwOMNational Geographic this week highlighted the risk of increased deaths due to climate change as our atmosphere warms and extreme weather increases in frequency and intensity. The World Meteorology Organization…
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The Importance of Digital Climate Advisory Services (DCAS)
Africa’s agriculture is primarily rainfed – about 95% of the food produced is 100% reliant upon the amount and distribution of the rains. Timely behavior by farmers, especially planting as…
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World Weather WatchER Series: October 7, 2021
https://youtu.be/pV8XaGYddqYThis week we zoom into Africa to look at the movement of the Intertropical Convergence Zone which we can track using aWhere's dynamic agroecological zone index to track crop production…
Concern Worldwide Kenya Turkana climate response
World Weather WatchER Series: September 28, 2021
https://youtu.be/vQ_u24hfRaY Science reported this week that a baby born today will experience wild fires and droughts twice and frequent and flooding and crop failures three times as frequent as someone…
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World Weather WatchER Series: September 21, 2021
https://youtu.be/oKgeAn5407EThis week we use our 102,820 complete #weather stations across #Brazil to do an in depth look at the upcoming growing season and what it means for farmers as they…
This satellite image provided by NOAA shows Tropical Storm Nicholas in the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021. Tropical storm warnings have been issued for coastal Texas and the northeast coast of Mexico. Nicholas is expected to produce storm total rainfall of 5 to 10 inches, with isolated maximum amounts of 15 inches, across portions of coastal Texas into southwest Louisiana Sunday, Sept. 12 through midweek. (NOAA via AP)
World Weather WatchER Series: Week of September 14th
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYLFgvfW8CcOur world tour of weather this week will drill into the impact of Tropical Storm Nicholas in Texas, corn harvest conditions in the Midwest of the USA and a food…
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World Weather WatchER Series: Week of August 16th
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atQdt0KytFMIncreasing weather variability and shifts in weather patterns due to climate change is posing a severe risk to rainfed agriculture that impacts on food security in the most vulnerable populations.…
Digital Climate Advisory Services Are Key to a Sustainable Food Future
See original post from Farming First here John Corbett and David Bergvinson, CEO and Chief Science Officer of aWhere Inc, explore the potential of digital climate advisory services to help…