Agriculture is a major contributor to the economic growth of many countries. Crucial to that growth are the many millions of smallholder farmers, whose expertise and hard work in the field underpin the global agricultural sector. This is especially true for the 26,000,000 coffee growers in more than 70 producer countries. Coffee requires careful supervision,… (continued)
Earth-i and Planet renew Partnership 15th June 2020 – Earth-i is pleased to announce our renewed partnership with Planet, a global leader in Earth imaging. “The value Planet brings to Earth-i’s ML- and AI-based satellite imagery and video analytics capability helps the Earth-i team to quickly unlock the answers to our commercial customers’ geospatial questions,… (continued)
Earth-i collaborates with Telespazio and Alqami to predict and detect water leaks 12th June 2020 – Earth-i, Telespazio UK and Alqami have been awarded a European Space Agency (ESA) contract for the use of Earth Observation to predict and detect leaks in clean water supply pipelines. The project focuses on the development of three complementary… (continued)
13th May 2020 – Though the COVID-19 pandemic is primarily a public health emergency, its effects ripple across all aspects of life – not least in global supply chains for agricultural commodities we used to take for granted. ACCORD East Africa Project Manager, Amos Wanyiri, looks at the impact of the pandemic on coffee producers… (continued)
Coffee is often sold as a ‘blend’, a mix of coffee beans from a number of sources, sometimes even from a number of different countries. Increasingly, however, many coffee drinkers have a preference for where their coffee comes from. They insist that they must have a cup of Kenyan, or Colombian coffee, possibly due to… (continued)
Does Kenya need to ‘bet the farm’ on Arabica coffee farming? Coffee exports have been declining for years, and haven fallen way behind the values achieved from tea and horticulture for this growing East African economy. But it is still a major cash crop. With estimates of up to 5 million people directly or indirectly… (continued)