Archive for July 2022
Addressing an Earthly Need from Space: A Global Food Security Initiative
Powered by Earth Observation, Ag Lenders Deploy Next-Generation Credit Risk Evaluation and Monitoring to Drive New Business Opportunities
Sustainably feeding the world takes vast amounts of capital — for raising crops, for transporting them around the world, for seeing farmers through commodity price volatility, and that’s just for starters. This is why agricultural lenders are such a vital — if largely unseen — part of the agrifood supply chain. Increasingly, though, ag lenders…
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Reducing Financial Risk for a Global Insurance Leader
The <geosys/> dataset provides the insurer with the information needed to analyze weather and climate conditions and make informed decisions for writing policies and responding to claims. Millions of hectares across Brazil—approximately a third of the country’s land area—are devoted to agriculture. In particular, corn and soybean production has increased significantly in recent years because…
Read MoreReducing Insurance Risk With Proactive Action Powered by Earth Observation
A leading French agricultural insurer harnesses powerful weather and climate data from EarthDaily Agro to better predict risk and establish policy, enabling the company to respond proactively and ultimately support its bottom line. Insurance by nature can be a reactive business, which often creates challenges for insurers as it exposes them to risk. A leading…
Read MoreSatellites Give Clues About the Coming Global Harvest
War in Ukraine or Climate Change: A Toulouse Company Analyzes the Consequences on Agricultural Crops
Water-Use Efficiency Is Key to Addressing North Africa’s Food Production Challenges
With countries around the world stepping up domestic agricultural production in an attempt to make up for decreased agricultural imports amidst the Russia-Ukraine war, nations need to make the most of their resources in order to maximize yields. In some countries, it will be especially important to optimize use of one resource in particular —…
Read MoreMajor Brazilian Bank Harnesses Data to Efficiently Manage Rural Credit Accounts
Remote satellite imaging and analytics gives bankers advanced tools for monitoring crops throughout the growing season, helping to validate rural credit and comply with government audit regulations. As one of the largest agricultural producers in the world, Brazil supports its farmers through a vast rural credit program—in 2018 the amount available to farmers was US$57…
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