Grace Koech

Environmental scientist. GIS and Remote Sensing. #Climate Change #Vulnerability modelling #DRR

[SERVIR Global Collaborative @SERVIRGlobal]

@servir_wa partner @ICRISAT Director General Jacqueline Hughes highlights the benefits of advancing women and girls in STEM. #IWD2024 #InvestInWomen

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Ready to learn about disaster risk reduction in Africa? @UNDRR is sharing its expertise on implementing the Sendai framework in Africa @RCMRD_ on May 5, 2023 Register now @ https://t.co/epm13pL8Kb
A meeting link will be provided to registered participants for virtual attendance.

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@RCMRD_ today participated in the launch of the Network of centers of Excellence (NoE) at
our premises. The meeting had delegates from institutions working in #DRR from countries in Africa & Europe to formulate a structure for the establishment of the network.

[Regional Centre Training Institute (RCTI) @TheRCTI_RCMRD]

Thank you @GraceKoech1 from #SERVIR ESA for making time to highlight how @SERVIRGlobal #GIS tools will help experts to be climate resilient and showcasing some of your related work eg. vulnerability impact #maps for the Lake Victoria Basin #GISDay2022. @mitaru_jr @mugorobin

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#Week2 of the @TardaKE training, staff continued with sessions on Early Warning Explorer #EWX data sources. #EWX is a web-based application for exploration of geospatial data related to drought monitoring & famine early warning, customized for application in Africa.@mitaru_jr

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The #EWX also allows users to view different statistics for user-selected regions by administrative zone, crop zone, hydrologic zones, grazing areas, or country. Visit: https://t.co/Zsb3bn5KVS

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#GAIINSProjectLaunch #Day2: Unpacking gender-inclusive,responsive and transformative agricultural insurance: Panel session and discussions @CAREinKenya @OldMutual_Ke #Ummainsurance #KLIP #Kenyacropinsuranceprogramme

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#GAIINSProjectKickoff #Day2 Gender in agricultural insurance. What makes for a good gender sensitive agricultural insurance service? The case of Pula as elucidated by Faith Kinyanjui

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#GAIINSProjectLaunch #Day2
Overview of challenges and opportunities in inclusive agricultural insurance. Sub-group Discussions:
Subgroup 1: Gender &vAgriculture
Subgroup 2: Insurance Design & Provision
Subgroup 3: Financial Instruments and Tools for effective implementation

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#GAIINSProject #Day2:
Refining Gaps in Gender and Agricultural Insurance. A gallery walk style of small group discussions in designing an inclusive insurance program.

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#GAIINSProjectLaunch #Day3
Session: Financing Agricultural Insurance and Quality Insurance
University of California DAVIS @ucdavis
Prof. Michael Carter on Quality Assurance and Certification of Index Insurance.

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#GAIINSProjectLaunch In this panel session, @mugorobin on #GAIINSTV moderates Devolution related issues about gender and agricultural insurance with #CountyDirectorsofAgriculture discussing their Counties @BungomaCountyKe @embucountygovt @NakuruCountyGov @OfficialMakueni

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#GAIINSProjectLaunch #Day3
.@Anastasia__mw leads the session: Consolidating gains and losses of agricultural insurance for farmers. Kenya National Farmers' Federation @kenaff_farmers @AWAK_Kenya @OldMutual_Ke @APAInsuranceKE
@FSDKe @ira_kenya @IFPRI @dinkaKW

[Robinson Mugo @mugorobin]

Caroline Munyua from @NGECKenya reflects on the commission’s work and how it is relevant for #gender related #satellite-based #index #insurance in #agriculture in #Kenya. Information is important for the @RCMRD_ #SERVIRESA led #GAIINS work @SERVIRGlobal

[Robinson Mugo @mugorobin]

Insights by Faith Kinyanjui - how PULA is engaging #Kenya #farmers on #crop & #livestock #insurance thru' #digital #innovations (smartphones, radio, social media) #remotesensing data, e.g #NDVI, to improve #resilience of farmers. @SERVIRGlobal @RCMRD_

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#GAIINSProjectLaunch #Day3
.@USAIDEnviro @USAIDKenya
Consolidating gains and losses of agricultural insurance for farmers. Kenya National Farmers' Federation @Anastasia__mw moderating the session:
@AWAK_Kenya
@kenaff_farmers
@OldMutual_Ke
@APAInsuranceKE
@FSDKe @AKI_Kenya

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#GAIINSProjectKickoff
@emily4eo

@Chihenyokangara

@EricOnEarth
Adressing the partners at the kick-off workshop for the #GAIINSproject this morning in #Naivasha within
@NakuruCountyGov

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#GAIINSProjectKickoff #GAIINSproject aims to empower & increase the capacity of women farmers in the region to be resilient to climate shocks thro uptake of index-based insurance & build the capacity of insurers to institutionalize gender transformative approaches to indexbased.

[Africa Flores @africa_science]

⁦Excellent presentation from ⁦⁦@lilianwangui⁩ from ⁦@RCMRD_⁩ on how #serviresa is working alongside Kenya Min. of Agriculture to support their farmers insurance program #foodsecurity ⁦@SERVIRGlobal⁩ #COP26

[Andrew Cutts @map_andrew]

Loved the @LadiesOfLandsat shout out on https://t.co/Tqm1bq6giE #eochat