SERVIR-Eastern and Southern Africa (SERVIR-ESA) is implemented by the Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD). The overarching goal of the SERVIR project is to improve environmental management and resilience to climate change. With an eye toward this goal, the SERVIR project works to build the capacity of SERVIR regional hub institutions, governments and other key stakeholders to integrate earth observation information and geospatial technologies into environmental decision-making.
Director General
Project Manager - Chief of Party
Science and Data Lead
Water and Hydro-Climatic Disasters Lead
Weather and Climate Lead
LULC Mapping & GHG Lead
Agriculture and Food security Lead
LULC & Ecosystems Lead
GIT Lead
User Engagement Lead
Capacity Development Lead
Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist
Technical Expert - GIT
Technical Expert - Agriculture and Food Security
Technical Expert - Weather and Climate
Technical Expert - Water Resources
Gender and Environment Specialist
Communications and Outreach Expert
Technical and Logistics Assistant
Technical Lead, GAIINS Project
Geospatial Data Scientist
Communications and Outreach Specialist, GAIINS
Assistant Spatial Data Scientist
Statistician - GAIINS Project
As technology continues to evolve, new opportunities arise for innovative solutions in various fields, including agriculture. In recent years, advancements in earth observation data, cloud computing, and machine learning capabilities have played a central role in agriculture. These technologies are being used to monitor crops, inform policies, and take anticipatory actions geared towards achieving sustainable goals. In light of this, various innovative initiative solutions and approaches that leverage technology to improve agriculture have been developed.
The Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD) held the annual RCMRD International conference (RIC) from September 6 to 8, 2022. The conference, under the theme Earth observation services for resilient social systems', sought to exchange ideas on the application of earth observation information and geospatial technologies for societal benefit.
The Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources (RCMRD) through the SERVIR Eastern and Southern Africa Project (SERVIR E&SA), with support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), is working with governments in application of Earth Observation information for crop conditions monitoring through expansion of crop monitors. This was in recognition of the gap in availability of rapid assessment reports on crop conditions for multi-level food security decision making, despite government ministries of agriculture collecting a lot of information.
