XylemLab - Empowering Global Food Security

Empowering Agriculture Through Innovation

We collaborate with farmers and innovators to develop effective methods and test them in real-world contexts.

Advanced Geospatial Methods

Cutting-edge satellite technology and machine learning for comprehensive environmental monitoring.

Where real-world challenges meet innovative solutions in agriculture and food security.

Actionable data and information on agricultural productivity at multiple scales.

Advanced methods powering agricultural monitoring and food security applications.

Empowering local and national users to make informed decisions in agricultural sectors.

Transforming agricultural monitoring across Africa through strategic partnerships.

Practical tools that strengthen food security decision-making at every level.

Working with world-class organizations to amplify our impact.

Initiatives that shape the future of African agriculture and food security.

Three interconnected areas of research and innovation

Improve monitoring and early warning systems that provide actionable data on agricultural productivity and food security at multiple scales.

Advancing Earth Observation and AI methods that underpin data and systems for agricultural monitoring and food security applications.

Developing and transferring capacity to national and local users that influence decision-making in agricultural and food security sectors.

Collaborating with world-class organizations

Leading the Africa Program for NASA Harvest
Developing EO-based agricultural monitoring systems for West Africa with NASA SERVIR
Strengthening agri-food data systems with AGRA
Pioneering citizen science through the Lacuna Fund Helmets Labeling Crops project
Collaborating with GEOGLAM and ECAAS on global agricultural monitoring initiatives

Measurable impact through innovation and collaboration

Countries

Active partnerships across Africa and beyond

Stakeholders

Trained in Earth observation technologies

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