Leading pioneer in weather forecasting analytics, Salient Predictions has received a US$2.9mn grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to support smallholder farmers in East Africa
Through a collaboration with in-region technology and weather partners, Salient's efforts with this investment will help to cost-effectively develop actionable sub-seasonal to seasonal (S2S) weather prediction to increase agricultural productivity and food security in East Africa amidst the challenges of a changing and volatile climate.
The investment is expected to contribute to the delivery of climate-informed decision support tools to help farmers adapt to and mitigate the impacts of climate change. Decisions such as what crop or variety to plant in advance of the growing season will enable a new level of planning for governments, agribusiness, and smallholder farmers based on forecasts of seasonal weather patterns rather than extrapolating from historical trends.
"Supporting smallholder farmers in East Africa is well aligned with Salient's mission of enabling climate resiliency and responding to the challenges of our changing climate," said Matt Stein, co-founder and CEO of Salient. "We look forward to providing better S2S forecasts for organisations striving to bolster food stability in the region by integrating data from ground-based weather stations."
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