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The Earth Observations for Food Security and Agriculture Consortium (EOFSAC) is a new, multidisciplinary program commissioned by NASA and led by the University of Maryland to enhance the use of satellite data in decision making related to food security and agriculture domestically and globally.

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UCSB Training

Climate Hazards Group of UCSB Hosts 2018 Training Workshops on Web Services for Early Warning Data

Jun 15, 2018

The University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB) Climate Hazards Group (CHG), an EOFSAC partner, held two trainings at the end of January and early February in Tanzania and Kenya. The first… Read more

LCLUC SARI

Land Cover Land Use Change South/ Southeast Asia Research Initiative (LCLUC SARI) regional science meeting was held May 28 - 30 in Manila, Philippines

Jun 13, 2018

The NASA Land Cover Land Use Change South/ Southeast Asia Research Initiative (LCLUC SARI) regional science meeting was held May 28-30th in Manila, Philippines. The LCLUC SARI program works to… Read more

Cover crops

New Stanford Research on Satellite Detection of Cover Crops in the Midwest

Jun 8, 2018

Stanford EOFSAC partner scientists have published new research on the use of satellites to detect cover crop practices in the Midwestern United States and how they might impact yield. The article… Read more