The Netherlands invested in the Geodata for Agriculture and Water (G4AW) programme for ten years. In this series, key players look back and look to the future. André Jellema is programme manager at the social enterprise AUXFIN: ‘How do you get valuable information and applications to local communities in the absence of a stable internet?’ AUXFIN describes itself as a ‘social enterprise’. … Continued
The Netherlands invested in the Geodata for Agriculture and Water (G4AW) programme for ten years. In this series, key players look back and look to the future. Fons Nelen, co-founder of IT agency Nelen & Schuurmans: ‘Geodata and digitalisation were central from the beginning. That was new in development cooperation.’ Your company Nelen & Schuurmans was involved in seven different G4AW projects. What … Continued
The Netherlands invested in the Geodata for Agriculture and Water (G4AW) programme for ten years. In this series, key players look back and look to the future. Ruud Grim was programme manager on behalf of the NSO: ‘We have sown for ten years, now it is time to harvest.’ What was the idea behind G4AW? ‘Here in the Netherlands we know how great the added value … Continued
The new Dutch satellite application GreySat helps companies and governments to globally map waste problems. With this knowledge, they can reduce risks to, for example, water quality. GreySat was developed by the company 52Impact, with financial support from the NSO through ESA’s Business Applications Space Solutions program. It all started with a request from a number of companies in the food … Continued
Four Dutch consortia have been selected to investigate the feasibility of a new satellite application for the benefit of biodiversity on behalf of NSO. The winning companies and institutions participate in the SBIR innovation competition Satellite data for the benefit of Biodiversity in the Netherlands, theme: nature. The Dutch government works together with nature organizations, scientists and the public … Continued
Five teams with entrepreneurs, scientists and information specialists. Two full days (and part of the night). Building applications together that can stimulate biodiversity in the Netherlands. That is the poster of the hackathon Spatial Data for Biodiversity, organised in Ede on 23 and 24 October. They had never met before and were suddenly sitting together at a table, with … Continued
Satellite data can play an important role in monitoring Earth’s biodiversity. How exactly? Dutch companies can propose solutions in the context of the SBIR competition. Researcher Joris Timmermans is one of the jury members: ‘The Netherlands can be a guiding country!’ What makes you an ideal jury member for the SBIR Satellite Data and Biodiversity Competition? ‘I got … Continued
What role can satellite data play in biodiversity conservation and water management? That was the central question at the E-shape solutions workshop held Feb. 14 and 15 at NSO in The Hague. The lively meeting was organized by NSO, in close cooperation with Eurisy and attended by over seventy people. The two-day event in The Hague is part of … Continued
Satellite measurements of the fluorescence of plants can provide a great deal of valuable information about crop health. This is what Peiqi Yang and Christiaan van der Tol of the University of Twente have shown in recent research, funded by NWO in collaboration with NSO. Van der Tol usually starts his lectures by shining a … Continued
Four million farmers in developing countries discovered the added value of satellite data thanks to G4AW, a programme run by NSO on behalf of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Last week, the balance sheet was taken at the G4AW Conference in Utrecht. Queen Máxima summarised the results in a personal written message and congratulated all parties involved: ‘G4AW provided insights … Continued
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