AfriCultuReS

AfriCultuReS is a regional project funded by the European Union (H2020) and implemented in eight (08) African countries by a consortium that includes 17 African and European organizations and universities.

The project aims to set up an integrated surveillance and early warning system to support decision-making in agriculture and food security in Africa.

At the regional level in Africa, the consortium has developed an Agricultural Geospatial Decision Support System (SADGA), which harnesses Earth Observation (EO)-based resources in support of food security decision-making. The system provides access to a great deal of operational products and services related to seven (07) topics: Climate, Agriculture, Drought, Land, Livestock, Water and Weather. The system, which relies on an innovative approach to data fusion from multiple sources (EO, in-situ monitoring, crowdsourcing, etc.), will help improve the services provided by current monitoring and early warning systems in Africa.

At the national level (Tunisia), the project has developed geo-spatial products and tools (maps, national geo-portal, etc.) for decision support in the agricultural sector and its related sectors. In the approach of the project, Tunisia represents the Mediterranean cultivation and production system of North Africa. The activities of the project in Tunisia are coordinated by the Sahara and Sahel Observatory (OSS) in close collaboration with three (03) national reference institutions involved in the development of remote sensing products in support of the monitoring of agricultural campaigns and food security: The National Center for Mapping and Remote Sensing - CNCT, The National Research Institute for Rural Engineering, Water and Forests - INRGREF and The National Observatory for Agriculture - ONAGRI.