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EARS Earth Environment Monitoring (EARS-E2M)

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Benjamin Kwasi Addom, PhD Programme Manager, MUIIS Agro Business Park 2 Wageningen, the Netherlands.

Mrs. Carol Kyazze Kakooza
Project Manager, MUIIS African Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services (AFAAS) Plot 22A Nakasero Road, P.O. Box 34624 Kampala, Uganda.

EARS is a high-tech remote sensing company specialised in remote and near sensing techniques.

EARS Earth Environment Monitoring B.V (EARS-E2M)

EARS-E2M operates an MSG receiving station, covering Europe and Africa, and is operationally receiving Meteosat-7 and FY2c satellite data over Asia. The company has developed the continental scale Energy and Water Balance Monitoring system (EWBMS) which produces daily agro- and hydro-meteorological data fields for these regions. The company has developed application sub-systems for Crop Yield Forecasting and Rainfall-runoff forecasting. Besides providing data, implementation projects are carried out in China and Mongolia. In addition E2M is experienced in fire, forest and photosynthesis monitoring.

Activities

Systems & services for monitoring climate, water & food
Climate monitoring
Crop  yield forecasting
River flow forecasting
Crop micro-insurance
Photosynthesis monitoring

Projects

Drought monitoring & flow forecasting Niger river basin
Drought monitoring & crop yield forecasting system Sahel region
FESA micro-insurance, reaching every farmer in Africa
Water monitoring & flow forecasting system Yellow river basin
Pastureland carrying capacity monitoring system for Mongolia
China energy and water balance monitoring system.
High water forecasting in the Netherlands using satellite & radar

Contact

EARS BV
Kanaalweg 1
2628 EB  DELFT
Netherlands
Tel. +31-15-2562404
info@ears.nl

Visit the EARS web site 

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This project is funded by The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and being implemented through the Geodata for Agriculture and Water (G4AW) Facility of the Netherlands Space Office (NSO).