How a novel public-private partnership in Western Kenya helped a local seed company reach underserved communities of small-scale farmers with locally adapted improved seeds that transformed yields.

Today, researchers are using the newest generations of satellite and Earth observation technologies to improve agricultural index insurance for development—and those improvements are accelerating.

In Kenya, the heavy, extended short rains into 2020 have led to flooding for pastoralists in the north, while further south farmers have struggled with drying their harvest and planting under threat of huge swarms of locusts. Climate adaptation and resilience are critical as extreme weather becomes more common across Eastern Africa.