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SUMMARY:Open platform for monitoring agricultural practices and its water 
 use - Corné van der Sande
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DESCRIPTION:Agriculture is under pressure from water scarcity and climate 
 change\, demanding urgent transformation. Earthexplorer specializes in cap
 acity building for governments and companies to establish sovereign data p
 latforms for monitoring agriculture and water practices with remote sensin
 g using open algorithms and integration with in situ farm data. It empower
 s local entities to deploy and manage their own monitoring infrastructure.
  In West Africa and MENA\, the platform addresses critical data gaps where
  governments lack systems to integrate satellite and field data for qualit
 y crop mapping and water balance analysis. Local installation overcomes po
 litical sensitivities around water use by giving authorities full control.
  In Europe\, it builds technical capacity at Government Paying Agencies\, 
 strengthening algorithm validation for CAP compliance monitoring. The plat
 form standardizes field data collection\, enabling algorithm developers to
  collect training data\, establish feedback loops\, and validate AI result
 s. For agricultural businesses\, it delivers high-quality\, practical moni
 toring algorithms that align with real-world farm practices. The platform 
 enables leveraging the EU’s Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem while mainta
 ining sovereignty. The commercial open source software model\, with subscr
 iptions for installation\, training\, and updates\, has been validated by 
 EU experts as effective for stimulating adoption.
LOCATION:Singer-Dekkerzaal
URL:https://pretalx.com/foss4gnl/talk/E8PNKD/
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