Earth-i’s new SPECTRUM platform to be launched in May 27 April 2020 – In the run up to the launch of our new geo-spatial platform – SPECTRUM – we are releasing previews of the platform over the coming weeks. The service combines multi-sensor / multi-resolution satellite data with Earth-i’s proprietary machine learning and 3D algorithms,… (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)
Copper smelting index declines during March to 86.7 (-4.8 from February) 20 April 2020 – The SAVANT Global Copper Smelting Index, a unique index launched in October 2019 by Earth-i and Marex Spectron, showed a significant decline in global copper smelting activity in March from the previous month. This decline was primarily driven by a… (continued)
Copper smelting index is giving us clear indications that the economic recovery in China is real 13 April 2020 – The SAVANT Global Copper Smelting Index, a unique index launched in October 2019 by Earth-i and Marex Spectron, is Marex giving clear indications that the economic recovery in China is real. There is life after… (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)
Coffee exports are hugely important for the Kenyan economy. It is estimated that there are over 700,000 smallholder coffee farmers in the country, as well as around 3,000 large estate farms. Kenya is renowned for high quality Arabica coffee, and despite producing less coffee per year than its peak in the 1990s, it maintains its… (continued)