地理空间技术可以促进非洲的ag)ricultural sector

[NAIROBI]Policiesthat promote the adoption of geospatial technologies such as remote sensing could helpSub-Saharan Africa会议说，应对农业部门的主要发展挑战。

The conference of Kenya-headquartered Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD) that took place in Kenya last month (27-29 September) aimed to share知识关于非洲国家如何使用地球观察data寻找持久的解决方案，以应对干旱，饥荒和水scarcity.

“beplay下载官网西西软件农业是谈论最多的部门之一，但实际上通常被忽略。”

Shuaib Lwasa，Makerere大学

The conference noted that RCMRD is working with development partners to provide geospatial technological services such as drought monitoring, flood predictions and land cover mapping to helpgovernmentsand others respond to extreme weather conditions and build resilience.

But the delegates at the conference that was attended by RCMRD’s member states from Eastern and Southern Africa such as Botswana, Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mauritius, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, Swaziland, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe were concerned about the persistent low uptake and use of space science, especially at policy-making in Africa level.

“beplay下载官网西西软件农业是最受关注的部门之一，但实际上通常会被忽略，”乌干达的马克雷雷大学地理，地球形式和气候科学的副教授Shuaib Lwasa说。

Lwasa说，如果东非在决策中使用太空科学数据，该地区的农业生产力可能会提高，从而提高食品安全。

“We often wait for crises to act,” said Lwasa, adding that limiteddisaster准备和缺乏理想的科学政策交战导致危机使该地区的经济瘫痪，beplay下载官网西西软件是最难的。

Emmanuel Nkurunziza, director-general of the RCMRD, toldscidev.netthat Sub-Saharan Africa needs space science to make decisions, especially in the agricultural industry, which is the backbone of the region’s economy.

例如，他说，在监测坦桑尼亚的玉米作物状况和产量中，使用卫星可以帮助该国计划并采取适当的措施，以帮助改善农业部门和生计，尤其是农村穷人。

Nkurunziza added that for Africa to meet the 17可持续发展目标in the UN’s Agenda 2030, investments in and use of geospatial technologies are needed.

“There is still low uptake of scientificresearchin policy because of poor沟通and lack of trust in new scientific knowledge,” explained Nkurunziza, adding that there is a need to involve more young people in space science to increase its可持续性。

这件作品由Scidev.net的撒哈拉以南非洲英语桌子制作。