ICRISAT Wins SERVIR West Africa Phase 2 Implementation Award
ICRISAT Media Release
The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) has been awarded a five-year cooperative agreement by USAID to implement the second phase of SERVIR West Africa.
SERVIR West Africa forms one of five hubs globally which connects space to village by helping developing countries use satellite data to address critical challenges across food security, water resources, weather and climate, land use and disasters.
SERVIR is a joint initiative of NASA, USAID and leading geospatial organizations in Asia, Africa and Latin America.
The SERVIR West Africa Hub was established in 2016 and the second phase will continue over the next five years of operations in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Niger, Nigeria and Senegal as well as opening activities in other West African States.
The hub enjoys a productive partnership with several West African institutions as well as international universities and organizations.
The consortium is comprised of the:
- African Regional Institute for Geospatial Information Science and Technology (AFRIGIST, Ile-Ife, Nigeria)
- The Agrometeorology, Hydrology, Meteorology Regional Center (AGRHYMET, Niamey, Niger)
- The Centre for Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Services (CERSGIS
- Accra, Ghana), the Centre de Suivi Écologique (CSE, Dakar, Senegal)
- The Institut Supérieur d’Études Spatiales et des Télécommunications (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso)
- The African Institute of Mathematical Sciences (AIMS, Mbour, Senegal and Cape Coast, Ghana) as well as partnership with the Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) and the International Research Institute for Climate and Society, both at Columbia University, and with the University of Florida.
The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) is a leading, international scientific research for development organization, specializing in improving dryland farming and agri-food systems. The Institute was established in 1972, by a consortium led by the Ford and Rockefeller Foundation and with the support from the Government of India. Today, ICRISAT works with global partners to develop innovative science-backed solutions to overcoming hunger, malnutrition, poverty and environmental degradation, on behalf of the 2.1 billion people who reside in the drylands of Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa.
