STARS is a research project which is looking for ways to use remote sensing technology to improve agricultural practices in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the project hopes to significantly advance the livelihoods of smallholder farmers in some of the world’s poorest countries.
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News
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08.16.2017
Smallholders in Mali adjust their crop management decisions thanks to satellite monitoring Farmers and scientists in Mali are learning first-hand how satellite technology can be used to interpret crop performance and alter decision-making on-farm.
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07.18.2017
Applications for agriculture ICT Update agricultural magazine number 85 is on applications for agriculture.
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02.27.2017
Data Driven Farming Price How can data help Nepali smallholder farmers produce higher yields? That is what the organisers of a data-driven farming competition are hoping to find out.
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Blog
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03.02.2016
STARS-One heralds the überization of world agriculture Pierre C. Sibiry Traore, STARS Work Package 2 leader in West Africa, explains how android apps like STARS-One prefigure the uberization of world agriculture through the mobile delivery of crisp, timely and actionable information directly from satellites to farmers and input suppliers. To know more… read his blog!
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12.03.2015
UAVs and STARS: The adventures of a master student One of the main goals for my master thesis was to gather my own data in another country. I would never have guessed that this would turn out in flying an octocopter for the STARS-project in Mali.
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