<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>De: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Suchith Anand</strong><br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue""><font color="#000000">Dear all,<br></font></p>
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<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue""><font color="#000000">I want to congratulate FOSS4G 2019 Team for organising the Open source Earth Observation Data Challenge 2019. Please note the key dates and participate.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue""><font color="#000000">More details at <a href="https://2019.foss4g.org/schedule/open-source-eo-data-challenge/" target="_blank">https://2019.foss4g.org/schedule/open-source-eo-data-challenge/</a></font></p>
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<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue""><font color="#000000">I request all interested to submit innovative solutions for Agriculture for the  FOSS4G EO Challenge. Currently, nearly 800 million people struggle with debilitating hunger and malnutrition and can be found in every corner of the globe. That's one in every nine people, with the majority being women and children. Agriculture must respond to an increasing urban population and changing climate conditions. Optimising local food production to wisely support our nutrition needs is an area where creative solutions are essential to our future. Open Earth observations and open geospatial tools are key in helping us find solutions for Zero Hunger aim. </font></p>
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<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue""><font color="#000000">I thank the FOSS4G 2019 Team for organising this excellent challenge. </font></p>
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<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue""><font color="#000000">Best wishes,</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";min-height:14px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Suchith</span><br></p><div><br></div><br><div dir="ltr" class="m_-4973524645275389646gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:wf_segoe-ui_normal,"Segoe UI","Segoe WP",Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif">Dr Suchith Anand</span></span><div dir="ltr"><span><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:wf_segoe-ui_normal,"Segoe UI","Segoe WP",Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif"></span></span><div><a href="http://www.godan.info/" style="font-family:wf_segoe-ui_normal,"Segoe UI","Segoe WP",Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif" target="_blank">http://www.godan.info</a><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="margin-top:1em;border-top:1px solid #ccc"><small> </small>
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