[Geo4All] Armyworms and Geomatics solutions

Wed May 2 00:00:21 PDT 2018

GeoforAll Forum

The armyworm last year destroyed crops worth millions. That is
horrible for small scale farmers. The pest for the time being has been
contained with an equally killer and polluting pesticide. In a way the
solution now is o solution as other organisms are affected by the
pesticide.

Those interested working on this problem, using specifically
geoinformatics on detection, mitigation and /or their solutions let me
know what we can do together.

ref:Fall armyworms invade over 20 districts - Daily Monitor
http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Fall-armyworms-farming-maize--20-districts/688334-3864202-12h65ntz/index.html

The armyworm disaster
http://www.monitor.co.ug/Magazines/Farming/The-armyworm-disaster/689860-3872834-e5163oz/index.html

Best Wishes

Daniel Bwanika

On 5/1/18, geoforall-request at lists.osgeo.org
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>    2. USAID Offers Prize Money to Combat Fall Armyworm in Africa
>       (Suchith Anand)
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> Date: Tue, 1 May 2018 08:22:18 +0000
> From: Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>
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> Subject: [Geo4All] USAID Offers Prize Money to Combat Fall Armyworm in
> 	Africa

> Dear colleagues,
>
>
> The U.S. Agency for International Development is offering prize money for
> ways to combat the fall armyworm, a crop-eating pest that has spread across
> sub-Saharan Africa.
>
>
> The USAID warned last week the pests threaten the livelihood of millions of
> African farmers.“It is targeting maize, a vital staple crop for many
> families in Africa, and we are calling up on our partners to mobilize their
> solutions to work with us to control fall armyworms,” said Regina Eddy,
> coordinator of the Fall Armyworm Task Force at the USAID Bureau of Food
> Security.
>
>
> The agency is offering a prize of $150,000 for the most viable solution, two
> awards of $75,000 to the "most promising" solutions, and two awards of
> $50,000 to an "early stage" solution that shows the most potential.
>
>
> More details at
>
> https://www.voanews.com/a/usaid-offering-prize-money-to-combat-fall-armyworm-in-africa/4364446.html
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>
> I request Geospatial and RS community colleagues to contribute their
> expertise for this.
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>
> Best wishes,
>
>
> Suchith
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>
> PS: There is some amazing work done already by Ron Fortunato and colleagues
> at GeoForAll lab team at AWorldBridge on this. I thank them for their
> exceptional determination and efforts in contributing technical excellence
> and substantive achievements to assisting small-holder farmers in Africa in
> managing the Fall Armyworm through the Fall Armyworm Monitoring & Early
> Warning System mobile app .  They built this for  the Food and Agriculture
> Organization (FAO)  of the United Nations. More details at
> https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/aworldbridge-geoforall-lab-delivers-for-the-food-and-agriculture-organization-fao-in-africa/
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> Dear all,
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> I would like to invite you to nominate for GeoAmbassador of the Month
> article, any person that you think that his/her work on Geospatial
> technology is outstanding and promotes the ideals and aims of our
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> Please send name, occupation and email address to me or Suchith Anand
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> Thank you very much
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