By 2025, half of the world’s population will be living in water-stressed areas. Already, more than 663 million people in the world live without clean water. And drought is a major challenge in geographies ranging from Northern California, which is facing its worst drought in 1,200 years; to east Africa, where a devastating drought has led to crop

failures affecting an estimated 23 million people. To address challenges at this scale, we need creative solution, both to raise awareness for these issues, and create new interventions to meet local needs. In this regard, the Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD) has been playing an important role in the assessment of crop availability, monitoring of water quality in Lakes Victoria and Malawi, and providing data for an early warning system for floods and fires through satellite imaging technologies. Read full story here