AfriScout

Over 225 million nomadic pastoralists across the African drylands are facing dramatic changes in climate. Erratic weather patterns and prolonged droughts are compromising their basic, traditional methods for finding adequate pasture and water to migrate their livestock to seasonally. With limited field of vision and predictive capacity, over 30% of their herds are dying every year, draining the wealth from the community and causing them to turn to negative coping strategies that contribute to conflict and land degradation.

AfriScout helps pastoralists adapt to climate change by providing them satellite imagery on forage and water availability and crowdsourced data on grazing hazards—all localized to their communal grazing areas. With AfriScout, pastoralists can make more precise and cost-effective migration decisions, improve pasture management and collaboration, and reduce conflict and the risk of herd loss. A 2018 study by Fordham University found an average user gains a net benefit of $4,356 when compared to non-users.

74% of users saved time, 42% observed reduced conflicts, 68% reported an improved ability to manage pasture, 93% observed decreases in livestock mortality, and an average benefit of $4,356 compared to non-users.