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Research Work involvement & Grant

PROJECT DIRECTOR:

Professor Jacqueline McGlade (Maasai Mara University)

Project Partners: Marakwet Community Research, Sekenani Envirotech Centre, Kipepo Community, British institute for Eastern Africa, LocateIt Ltd, UK NCEO, NASA

Academic Personnel: 

Mr. Anil Kumar (Maasai Mara University)

Ms. Rosemary Okello-Orlale (Strathmore Business School) 

Dr. Samson Mabwoga (Maasai Mara University)

Professor Francis Mburu (Maasai Mara University)

Dr. Daniel Munke Nchorira Naikuni (Maasai Mara University)

Professor Kapyas Wilson Kipkore (University of Eldoret)

Dr. Matt Davies (University College London/BIEA)

Professor Heiko Baltzer (University of Leicester)

GoK: Office Deputy President, Kenya Space Agency, National Museums of Kenya

GRANT TITLE: 

Informing environmental change for Kenyan county development plans: hot-spot analyses using earth observation and community mapping.

Contributing to ProCol Kenya, Kenya County Development Plans and the African Regional Data Cube

GRANT AMOUNT: USD 26,000

Project duration: mid-October 2018 to end-March 2019

GRANTOR: UK Global Challenge Research Fund: National Centre for Earth Observation

DURATION OF GRANTEE’S WORK ON THE PROJECT: October 2018- March 2019 

PRIMARY DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT

Aim: To undertake an analysis of environmental and agricultural change hotspots in western Kenya for decision-making and climate change policies

Outputs: i) demonstration of data interpretation across scales using artificial intelligence techniques to integrate earth observation, national topographic mapping and community-based agriculture and ecosystem observation and records; ii) development of mobile applications for community data acquisition; iii) e-learning modules and datasets to support Kenya’s County Integrated Development Plans; iv) demonstration project within the African Regional Data Cube and as input to ProCol Kenya.

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