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Satellite technology helps reduce drought risk

satellite images that sense drought

Kenya: Besides the strength and location of the drought, information is also provided about the spatial extent and the duration of the drought.

Luigi Luminari, a technical advisor at Systems for Drought Management in Kenya, says that before the technology came in, it was very difficult to monitor drought in Kenya.

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