Innovative agriculture (using Copernicus/remote sensing for applied agri-climate uses)

About this project

<p>The challenge will be to create a very detailed land cover map, updated annually with crop and forest identification at species level by means of remote sensing and ancillary data available within the Nigerian Space Agency.</p><p>Satellite-based remote sensing enables an objective and repeated assessment of the agricultural landscape. It offers a</p><p>perspective that is not influenced by property or administrative boundaries and thus helps to understand the processes in a coherent environmental system such as an agricultural landscape. The Earth Observations of the Copernicus Programme are free of charge and provide high-resolution, high-frequency, detailed information about the land surface to everyone. The richness of remote sensing data helps to obtain up-to-date information on farmland and agricultural processes. Vegetation indices such as the NDVI, in combination with land use and empirical models, using in-situ data are used to estimate high and low productive areas in a field. In combination with the high frequency of remote sensing observations, this information is used to assess the effectiveness of agricultural management steps. Combination of Copernicus and GNSS data will be highly encouraged,</p>

Goals

Sustainable Development Goals this project works towards

• 1No Poverty
• 2Zero Hunger
• 5Gender Equality
• 7Affordable and Clean Energy
• 8Decent Work and Economic Growth
• 9Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
• 10Reduced Inequalities
• 12Responsible Consumption and Production
• 13Climate Action
• 15Life on Land

Published by

European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships · Other public sector

Countries

Nigeria

Sectors

Agricultural education/trainingAgricultural development

Focus

Biodiversity · Also contributesClimate mitigation · Also contributesClimate adaptation · Also contributesDesertification · Also contributesGood governance · Also contributesGender equality · Also contributesEnvironment · Main focus

Funded by

European Commission

Implemented by

EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY LE EUROPEENNE

Accountable

Other multilateral institution

Passes funds through

Directorate-General for International Partnerships

Published by European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 29 Sept 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: XI-IATI-EC_INTPA-2024-PC-26044.

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