BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:unctad.org BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a70852ae1c58 DTSTART:20240219T010000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20240219T093000Z LOCATION:Beijing\, China\, SUMMARY:On-job training on the use of CropWatch Cloud and the model calibra tion for Nigeria CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Large-scale crop monitoring using Earth observation is a comple x and resource-intensive task that requires access to specialized tools. D espite the challenges\, this technology has significant potential to impro ve food security planning and advance progress towards Sustainable Develop ment Goal 2: Zero Hunger.\n\nThe CropWatch Innovative Cooperation Program (CropWatch ICP) aims to provide developing countries with free and unlimit ed access to these technologies developed by AIR CAS\, while training nati onal experts to use and implement them in their home countries.\n\nNigeria \, Africa'\;s most populous country\, faces the challenge of sustainab ly increasing agricultural productivity to meet growing demand while adapt ing to a changing climate. Under the coordination of UNCTAD\, despite the COVID-19 pandemic that made it difficult to organize face-to-face training in 2021 and 2022\,  significant progress  has been achieved by Nigeria under the CropWatch-ICP. However\, further capacity building activities an d model calibration efforts are needed to enhance the usability of the mon itoring platform in Nigeria.\n\nThis on-job training is intended to enable Nigerian officers to acquire advanced skills in using crop monitoring to improve food security in Nigeria. After the ten days of training provided by AIR CAS’s experts\, the Nigerian experts will be able to put the Crop Watch Platform into use in their country\, as well as to train local exper ts to use it. Participants will be given access to the technology (both du ring and after the programme) and will be provided with training to use it for Nigeria country analysis as part of February CropWatch bulletin to be released at the end of February. Additionally\, trainees will be taught h ow to customize it to specific local requirements using the high-resolutio n Nigeria and Chinese satellite data.\n<\;p>\;Large-scale crop monitor ing using Earth observation is a complex and resource-intensive task that requires access to specialized tools. Despite the challenges\, this techno logy has significant potential to improve food security planning and advan ce progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 2: Zero Hunger.<\;/p> \;\n\n<\;p>\;The CropWatch Innovative Cooperation Program (CropWatch I CP) aims to provide developing countries with free and unlimited access to these technologies developed by AIR CAS\, while training national experts to use and implement them in their home countries.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p& gt\;Nigeria\, Africa'\;s most populous country\, faces the challenge o f sustainably increasing agricultural productivity to meet growing demand while adapting to a changing climate. Under the coordination of UNCTAD\, d espite the COVID-19 pandemic that made it difficult to organize face-to-fa ce training in 2021 and 2022\,&\;nbsp\; significant progress&\;nbsp\ ; has been achieved by Nigeria under the CropWatch-ICP. However\, further capacity building activities and model calibration efforts are needed to e nhance the usability of the monitoring platform in Nigeria.<\;/p>\;\n\ n<\;p>\;This on-job training is intended to enable Nigerian officers t o acquire advanced skills in using crop monitoring to improve food securit y in Nigeria. After the ten days of training provided by AIR CAS’s exper ts\, the Nigerian experts will be able to put the CropWatch Platform into use in their country\, as well as to train local experts to use it. Partic ipants will be given access to the technology (both during and after the p rogramme) and will be provided with training to use it for Nigeria country analysis as part of February CropWatch bulletin to be released at the end of February. Additionally\, trainees will be taught how to customize it t o specific local requirements using the high-resolution Nigeria and Chines e satellite data.<\;/p>\;\n\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unc tad.org/meeting/job-training-use-cropwatch-cloud-and-model-calibration-nig eria DTSTAMP:20260803T121018Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a70852ae1c8d DTSTART:20240220T010000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20240220T093000Z LOCATION:Beijing\, China\, SUMMARY:On-job training on the use of CropWatch Cloud and the model calibra tion for Nigeria CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Large-scale crop monitoring using Earth observation is a comple x and resource-intensive task that requires access to specialized tools. D espite the challenges\, this technology has significant potential to impro ve food security planning and advance progress towards Sustainable Develop ment Goal 2: Zero Hunger.\n\nThe CropWatch Innovative Cooperation Program (CropWatch ICP) aims to provide developing countries with free and unlimit ed access to these technologies developed by AIR CAS\, while training nati onal experts to use and implement them in their home countries.\n\nNigeria \, Africa'\;s most populous country\, faces the challenge of sustainab ly increasing agricultural productivity to meet growing demand while adapt ing to a changing climate. Under the coordination of UNCTAD\, despite the COVID-19 pandemic that made it difficult to organize face-to-face training in 2021 and 2022\,  significant progress  has been achieved by Nigeria under the CropWatch-ICP. However\, further capacity building activities an d model calibration efforts are needed to enhance the usability of the mon itoring platform in Nigeria.\n\nThis on-job training is intended to enable Nigerian officers to acquire advanced skills in using crop monitoring to improve food security in Nigeria. After the ten days of training provided by AIR CAS’s experts\, the Nigerian experts will be able to put the Crop Watch Platform into use in their country\, as well as to train local exper ts to use it. Participants will be given access to the technology (both du ring and after the programme) and will be provided with training to use it for Nigeria country analysis as part of February CropWatch bulletin to be released at the end of February. Additionally\, trainees will be taught h ow to customize it to specific local requirements using the high-resolutio n Nigeria and Chinese satellite data.\n<\;p>\;Large-scale crop monitor ing using Earth observation is a complex and resource-intensive task that requires access to specialized tools. Despite the challenges\, this techno logy has significant potential to improve food security planning and advan ce progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 2: Zero Hunger.<\;/p> \;\n\n<\;p>\;The CropWatch Innovative Cooperation Program (CropWatch I CP) aims to provide developing countries with free and unlimited access to these technologies developed by AIR CAS\, while training national experts to use and implement them in their home countries.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p& gt\;Nigeria\, Africa'\;s most populous country\, faces the challenge o f sustainably increasing agricultural productivity to meet growing demand while adapting to a changing climate. Under the coordination of UNCTAD\, d espite the COVID-19 pandemic that made it difficult to organize face-to-fa ce training in 2021 and 2022\,&\;nbsp\; significant progress&\;nbsp\ ; has been achieved by Nigeria under the CropWatch-ICP. However\, further capacity building activities and model calibration efforts are needed to e nhance the usability of the monitoring platform in Nigeria.<\;/p>\;\n\ n<\;p>\;This on-job training is intended to enable Nigerian officers t o acquire advanced skills in using crop monitoring to improve food securit y in Nigeria. After the ten days of training provided by AIR CAS’s exper ts\, the Nigerian experts will be able to put the CropWatch Platform into use in their country\, as well as to train local experts to use it. Partic ipants will be given access to the technology (both during and after the p rogramme) and will be provided with training to use it for Nigeria country analysis as part of February CropWatch bulletin to be released at the end of February. Additionally\, trainees will be taught how to customize it t o specific local requirements using the high-resolution Nigeria and Chines e satellite data.<\;/p>\;\n\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unc tad.org/meeting/job-training-use-cropwatch-cloud-and-model-calibration-nig eria DTSTAMP:20260803T121018Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a70852ae1c94 DTSTART:20240221T010000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20240221T093000Z LOCATION:Beijing\, China\, SUMMARY:On-job training on the use of CropWatch Cloud and the model calibra tion for Nigeria CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Large-scale crop monitoring using Earth observation is a comple x and resource-intensive task that requires access to specialized tools. D espite the challenges\, this technology has significant potential to impro ve food security planning and advance progress towards Sustainable Develop ment Goal 2: Zero Hunger.\n\nThe CropWatch Innovative Cooperation Program (CropWatch ICP) aims to provide developing countries with free and unlimit ed access to these technologies developed by AIR CAS\, while training nati onal experts to use and implement them in their home countries.\n\nNigeria \, Africa'\;s most populous country\, faces the challenge of sustainab ly increasing agricultural productivity to meet growing demand while adapt ing to a changing climate. Under the coordination of UNCTAD\, despite the COVID-19 pandemic that made it difficult to organize face-to-face training in 2021 and 2022\,  significant progress  has been achieved by Nigeria under the CropWatch-ICP. However\, further capacity building activities an d model calibration efforts are needed to enhance the usability of the mon itoring platform in Nigeria.\n\nThis on-job training is intended to enable Nigerian officers to acquire advanced skills in using crop monitoring to improve food security in Nigeria. After the ten days of training provided by AIR CAS’s experts\, the Nigerian experts will be able to put the Crop Watch Platform into use in their country\, as well as to train local exper ts to use it. Participants will be given access to the technology (both du ring and after the programme) and will be provided with training to use it for Nigeria country analysis as part of February CropWatch bulletin to be released at the end of February. Additionally\, trainees will be taught h ow to customize it to specific local requirements using the high-resolutio n Nigeria and Chinese satellite data.\n<\;p>\;Large-scale crop monitor ing using Earth observation is a complex and resource-intensive task that requires access to specialized tools. Despite the challenges\, this techno logy has significant potential to improve food security planning and advan ce progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 2: Zero Hunger.<\;/p> \;\n\n<\;p>\;The CropWatch Innovative Cooperation Program (CropWatch I CP) aims to provide developing countries with free and unlimited access to these technologies developed by AIR CAS\, while training national experts to use and implement them in their home countries.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p& gt\;Nigeria\, Africa'\;s most populous country\, faces the challenge o f sustainably increasing agricultural productivity to meet growing demand while adapting to a changing climate. Under the coordination of UNCTAD\, d espite the COVID-19 pandemic that made it difficult to organize face-to-fa ce training in 2021 and 2022\,&\;nbsp\; significant progress&\;nbsp\ ; has been achieved by Nigeria under the CropWatch-ICP. However\, further capacity building activities and model calibration efforts are needed to e nhance the usability of the monitoring platform in Nigeria.<\;/p>\;\n\ n<\;p>\;This on-job training is intended to enable Nigerian officers t o acquire advanced skills in using crop monitoring to improve food securit y in Nigeria. After the ten days of training provided by AIR CAS’s exper ts\, the Nigerian experts will be able to put the CropWatch Platform into use in their country\, as well as to train local experts to use it. Partic ipants will be given access to the technology (both during and after the p rogramme) and will be provided with training to use it for Nigeria country analysis as part of February CropWatch bulletin to be released at the end of February. Additionally\, trainees will be taught how to customize it t o specific local requirements using the high-resolution Nigeria and Chines e satellite data.<\;/p>\;\n\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unc tad.org/meeting/job-training-use-cropwatch-cloud-and-model-calibration-nig eria DTSTAMP:20260803T121018Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a70852ae1c98 DTSTART:20240222T010000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20240222T093000Z LOCATION:Beijing\, China\, SUMMARY:On-job training on the use of CropWatch Cloud and the model calibra tion for Nigeria CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Large-scale crop monitoring using Earth observation is a comple x and resource-intensive task that requires access to specialized tools. D espite the challenges\, this technology has significant potential to impro ve food security planning and advance progress towards Sustainable Develop ment Goal 2: Zero Hunger.\n\nThe CropWatch Innovative Cooperation Program (CropWatch ICP) aims to provide developing countries with free and unlimit ed access to these technologies developed by AIR CAS\, while training nati onal experts to use and implement them in their home countries.\n\nNigeria \, Africa'\;s most populous country\, faces the challenge of sustainab ly increasing agricultural productivity to meet growing demand while adapt ing to a changing climate. Under the coordination of UNCTAD\, despite the COVID-19 pandemic that made it difficult to organize face-to-face training in 2021 and 2022\,  significant progress  has been achieved by Nigeria under the CropWatch-ICP. However\, further capacity building activities an d model calibration efforts are needed to enhance the usability of the mon itoring platform in Nigeria.\n\nThis on-job training is intended to enable Nigerian officers to acquire advanced skills in using crop monitoring to improve food security in Nigeria. After the ten days of training provided by AIR CAS’s experts\, the Nigerian experts will be able to put the Crop Watch Platform into use in their country\, as well as to train local exper ts to use it. Participants will be given access to the technology (both du ring and after the programme) and will be provided with training to use it for Nigeria country analysis as part of February CropWatch bulletin to be released at the end of February. Additionally\, trainees will be taught h ow to customize it to specific local requirements using the high-resolutio n Nigeria and Chinese satellite data.\n<\;p>\;Large-scale crop monitor ing using Earth observation is a complex and resource-intensive task that requires access to specialized tools. Despite the challenges\, this techno logy has significant potential to improve food security planning and advan ce progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 2: Zero Hunger.<\;/p> \;\n\n<\;p>\;The CropWatch Innovative Cooperation Program (CropWatch I CP) aims to provide developing countries with free and unlimited access to these technologies developed by AIR CAS\, while training national experts to use and implement them in their home countries.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p& gt\;Nigeria\, Africa'\;s most populous country\, faces the challenge o f sustainably increasing agricultural productivity to meet growing demand while adapting to a changing climate. Under the coordination of UNCTAD\, d espite the COVID-19 pandemic that made it difficult to organize face-to-fa ce training in 2021 and 2022\,&\;nbsp\; significant progress&\;nbsp\ ; has been achieved by Nigeria under the CropWatch-ICP. However\, further capacity building activities and model calibration efforts are needed to e nhance the usability of the monitoring platform in Nigeria.<\;/p>\;\n\ n<\;p>\;This on-job training is intended to enable Nigerian officers t o acquire advanced skills in using crop monitoring to improve food securit y in Nigeria. After the ten days of training provided by AIR CAS’s exper ts\, the Nigerian experts will be able to put the CropWatch Platform into use in their country\, as well as to train local experts to use it. Partic ipants will be given access to the technology (both during and after the p rogramme) and will be provided with training to use it for Nigeria country analysis as part of February CropWatch bulletin to be released at the end of February. Additionally\, trainees will be taught how to customize it t o specific local requirements using the high-resolution Nigeria and Chines e satellite data.<\;/p>\;\n\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unc tad.org/meeting/job-training-use-cropwatch-cloud-and-model-calibration-nig eria DTSTAMP:20260803T121018Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a70852ae1c9d DTSTART:20240223T010000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20240223T093000Z LOCATION:Beijing\, China\, SUMMARY:On-job training on the use of CropWatch Cloud and the model calibra tion for Nigeria CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Large-scale crop monitoring using Earth observation is a comple x and resource-intensive task that requires access to specialized tools. D espite the challenges\, this technology has significant potential to impro ve food security planning and advance progress towards Sustainable Develop ment Goal 2: Zero Hunger.\n\nThe CropWatch Innovative Cooperation Program (CropWatch ICP) aims to provide developing countries with free and unlimit ed access to these technologies developed by AIR CAS\, while training nati onal experts to use and implement them in their home countries.\n\nNigeria \, Africa'\;s most populous country\, faces the challenge of sustainab ly increasing agricultural productivity to meet growing demand while adapt ing to a changing climate. Under the coordination of UNCTAD\, despite the COVID-19 pandemic that made it difficult to organize face-to-face training in 2021 and 2022\,  significant progress  has been achieved by Nigeria under the CropWatch-ICP. However\, further capacity building activities an d model calibration efforts are needed to enhance the usability of the mon itoring platform in Nigeria.\n\nThis on-job training is intended to enable Nigerian officers to acquire advanced skills in using crop monitoring to improve food security in Nigeria. After the ten days of training provided by AIR CAS’s experts\, the Nigerian experts will be able to put the Crop Watch Platform into use in their country\, as well as to train local exper ts to use it. Participants will be given access to the technology (both du ring and after the programme) and will be provided with training to use it for Nigeria country analysis as part of February CropWatch bulletin to be released at the end of February. Additionally\, trainees will be taught h ow to customize it to specific local requirements using the high-resolutio n Nigeria and Chinese satellite data.\n<\;p>\;Large-scale crop monitor ing using Earth observation is a complex and resource-intensive task that requires access to specialized tools. Despite the challenges\, this techno logy has significant potential to improve food security planning and advan ce progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 2: Zero Hunger.<\;/p> \;\n\n<\;p>\;The CropWatch Innovative Cooperation Program (CropWatch I CP) aims to provide developing countries with free and unlimited access to these technologies developed by AIR CAS\, while training national experts to use and implement them in their home countries.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p& gt\;Nigeria\, Africa'\;s most populous country\, faces the challenge o f sustainably increasing agricultural productivity to meet growing demand while adapting to a changing climate. Under the coordination of UNCTAD\, d espite the COVID-19 pandemic that made it difficult to organize face-to-fa ce training in 2021 and 2022\,&\;nbsp\; significant progress&\;nbsp\ ; has been achieved by Nigeria under the CropWatch-ICP. However\, further capacity building activities and model calibration efforts are needed to e nhance the usability of the monitoring platform in Nigeria.<\;/p>\;\n\ n<\;p>\;This on-job training is intended to enable Nigerian officers t o acquire advanced skills in using crop monitoring to improve food securit y in Nigeria. After the ten days of training provided by AIR CAS’s exper ts\, the Nigerian experts will be able to put the CropWatch Platform into use in their country\, as well as to train local experts to use it. Partic ipants will be given access to the technology (both during and after the p rogramme) and will be provided with training to use it for Nigeria country analysis as part of February CropWatch bulletin to be released at the end of February. Additionally\, trainees will be taught how to customize it t o specific local requirements using the high-resolution Nigeria and Chines e satellite data.<\;/p>\;\n\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unc tad.org/meeting/job-training-use-cropwatch-cloud-and-model-calibration-nig eria DTSTAMP:20260803T121018Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a70852ae1ca1 DTSTART:20240224T010000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20240224T093000Z LOCATION:Beijing\, China\, SUMMARY:On-job training on the use of CropWatch Cloud and the model calibra tion for Nigeria CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Large-scale crop monitoring using Earth observation is a comple x and resource-intensive task that requires access to specialized tools. D espite the challenges\, this technology has significant potential to impro ve food security planning and advance progress towards Sustainable Develop ment Goal 2: Zero Hunger.\n\nThe CropWatch Innovative Cooperation Program (CropWatch ICP) aims to provide developing countries with free and unlimit ed access to these technologies developed by AIR CAS\, while training nati onal experts to use and implement them in their home countries.\n\nNigeria \, Africa'\;s most populous country\, faces the challenge of sustainab ly increasing agricultural productivity to meet growing demand while adapt ing to a changing climate. Under the coordination of UNCTAD\, despite the COVID-19 pandemic that made it difficult to organize face-to-face training in 2021 and 2022\,  significant progress  has been achieved by Nigeria under the CropWatch-ICP. However\, further capacity building activities an d model calibration efforts are needed to enhance the usability of the mon itoring platform in Nigeria.\n\nThis on-job training is intended to enable Nigerian officers to acquire advanced skills in using crop monitoring to improve food security in Nigeria. After the ten days of training provided by AIR CAS’s experts\, the Nigerian experts will be able to put the Crop Watch Platform into use in their country\, as well as to train local exper ts to use it. Participants will be given access to the technology (both du ring and after the programme) and will be provided with training to use it for Nigeria country analysis as part of February CropWatch bulletin to be released at the end of February. Additionally\, trainees will be taught h ow to customize it to specific local requirements using the high-resolutio n Nigeria and Chinese satellite data.\n<\;p>\;Large-scale crop monitor ing using Earth observation is a complex and resource-intensive task that requires access to specialized tools. Despite the challenges\, this techno logy has significant potential to improve food security planning and advan ce progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 2: Zero Hunger.<\;/p> \;\n\n<\;p>\;The CropWatch Innovative Cooperation Program (CropWatch I CP) aims to provide developing countries with free and unlimited access to these technologies developed by AIR CAS\, while training national experts to use and implement them in their home countries.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p& gt\;Nigeria\, Africa'\;s most populous country\, faces the challenge o f sustainably increasing agricultural productivity to meet growing demand while adapting to a changing climate. Under the coordination of UNCTAD\, d espite the COVID-19 pandemic that made it difficult to organize face-to-fa ce training in 2021 and 2022\,&\;nbsp\; significant progress&\;nbsp\ ; has been achieved by Nigeria under the CropWatch-ICP. However\, further capacity building activities and model calibration efforts are needed to e nhance the usability of the monitoring platform in Nigeria.<\;/p>\;\n\ n<\;p>\;This on-job training is intended to enable Nigerian officers t o acquire advanced skills in using crop monitoring to improve food securit y in Nigeria. After the ten days of training provided by AIR CAS’s exper ts\, the Nigerian experts will be able to put the CropWatch Platform into use in their country\, as well as to train local experts to use it. Partic ipants will be given access to the technology (both during and after the p rogramme) and will be provided with training to use it for Nigeria country analysis as part of February CropWatch bulletin to be released at the end of February. Additionally\, trainees will be taught how to customize it t o specific local requirements using the high-resolution Nigeria and Chines e satellite data.<\;/p>\;\n\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unc tad.org/meeting/job-training-use-cropwatch-cloud-and-model-calibration-nig eria DTSTAMP:20260803T121018Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a70852ae1ca5 DTSTART:20240225T010000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20240225T093000Z LOCATION:Beijing\, China\, SUMMARY:On-job training on the use of CropWatch Cloud and the model calibra tion for Nigeria CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Large-scale crop monitoring using Earth observation is a comple x and resource-intensive task that requires access to specialized tools. D espite the challenges\, this technology has significant potential to impro ve food security planning and advance progress towards Sustainable Develop ment Goal 2: Zero Hunger.\n\nThe CropWatch Innovative Cooperation Program (CropWatch ICP) aims to provide developing countries with free and unlimit ed access to these technologies developed by AIR CAS\, while training nati onal experts to use and implement them in their home countries.\n\nNigeria \, Africa'\;s most populous country\, faces the challenge of sustainab ly increasing agricultural productivity to meet growing demand while adapt ing to a changing climate. Under the coordination of UNCTAD\, despite the COVID-19 pandemic that made it difficult to organize face-to-face training in 2021 and 2022\,  significant progress  has been achieved by Nigeria under the CropWatch-ICP. However\, further capacity building activities an d model calibration efforts are needed to enhance the usability of the mon itoring platform in Nigeria.\n\nThis on-job training is intended to enable Nigerian officers to acquire advanced skills in using crop monitoring to improve food security in Nigeria. After the ten days of training provided by AIR CAS’s experts\, the Nigerian experts will be able to put the Crop Watch Platform into use in their country\, as well as to train local exper ts to use it. Participants will be given access to the technology (both du ring and after the programme) and will be provided with training to use it for Nigeria country analysis as part of February CropWatch bulletin to be released at the end of February. Additionally\, trainees will be taught h ow to customize it to specific local requirements using the high-resolutio n Nigeria and Chinese satellite data.\n<\;p>\;Large-scale crop monitor ing using Earth observation is a complex and resource-intensive task that requires access to specialized tools. Despite the challenges\, this techno logy has significant potential to improve food security planning and advan ce progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 2: Zero Hunger.<\;/p> \;\n\n<\;p>\;The CropWatch Innovative Cooperation Program (CropWatch I CP) aims to provide developing countries with free and unlimited access to these technologies developed by AIR CAS\, while training national experts to use and implement them in their home countries.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p& gt\;Nigeria\, Africa'\;s most populous country\, faces the challenge o f sustainably increasing agricultural productivity to meet growing demand while adapting to a changing climate. Under the coordination of UNCTAD\, d espite the COVID-19 pandemic that made it difficult to organize face-to-fa ce training in 2021 and 2022\,&\;nbsp\; significant progress&\;nbsp\ ; has been achieved by Nigeria under the CropWatch-ICP. However\, further capacity building activities and model calibration efforts are needed to e nhance the usability of the monitoring platform in Nigeria.<\;/p>\;\n\ n<\;p>\;This on-job training is intended to enable Nigerian officers t o acquire advanced skills in using crop monitoring to improve food securit y in Nigeria. After the ten days of training provided by AIR CAS’s exper ts\, the Nigerian experts will be able to put the CropWatch Platform into use in their country\, as well as to train local experts to use it. Partic ipants will be given access to the technology (both during and after the p rogramme) and will be provided with training to use it for Nigeria country analysis as part of February CropWatch bulletin to be released at the end of February. Additionally\, trainees will be taught how to customize it t o specific local requirements using the high-resolution Nigeria and Chines e satellite data.<\;/p>\;\n\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unc tad.org/meeting/job-training-use-cropwatch-cloud-and-model-calibration-nig eria DTSTAMP:20260803T121018Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a70852ae1caa DTSTART:20240226T010000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20240226T093000Z LOCATION:Beijing\, China\, SUMMARY:On-job training on the use of CropWatch Cloud and the model calibra tion for Nigeria CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Large-scale crop monitoring using Earth observation is a comple x and resource-intensive task that requires access to specialized tools. D espite the challenges\, this technology has significant potential to impro ve food security planning and advance progress towards Sustainable Develop ment Goal 2: Zero Hunger.\n\nThe CropWatch Innovative Cooperation Program (CropWatch ICP) aims to provide developing countries with free and unlimit ed access to these technologies developed by AIR CAS\, while training nati onal experts to use and implement them in their home countries.\n\nNigeria \, Africa'\;s most populous country\, faces the challenge of sustainab ly increasing agricultural productivity to meet growing demand while adapt ing to a changing climate. Under the coordination of UNCTAD\, despite the COVID-19 pandemic that made it difficult to organize face-to-face training in 2021 and 2022\,  significant progress  has been achieved by Nigeria under the CropWatch-ICP. However\, further capacity building activities an d model calibration efforts are needed to enhance the usability of the mon itoring platform in Nigeria.\n\nThis on-job training is intended to enable Nigerian officers to acquire advanced skills in using crop monitoring to improve food security in Nigeria. After the ten days of training provided by AIR CAS’s experts\, the Nigerian experts will be able to put the Crop Watch Platform into use in their country\, as well as to train local exper ts to use it. Participants will be given access to the technology (both du ring and after the programme) and will be provided with training to use it for Nigeria country analysis as part of February CropWatch bulletin to be released at the end of February. Additionally\, trainees will be taught h ow to customize it to specific local requirements using the high-resolutio n Nigeria and Chinese satellite data.\n<\;p>\;Large-scale crop monitor ing using Earth observation is a complex and resource-intensive task that requires access to specialized tools. Despite the challenges\, this techno logy has significant potential to improve food security planning and advan ce progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 2: Zero Hunger.<\;/p> \;\n\n<\;p>\;The CropWatch Innovative Cooperation Program (CropWatch I CP) aims to provide developing countries with free and unlimited access to these technologies developed by AIR CAS\, while training national experts to use and implement them in their home countries.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p& gt\;Nigeria\, Africa'\;s most populous country\, faces the challenge o f sustainably increasing agricultural productivity to meet growing demand while adapting to a changing climate. Under the coordination of UNCTAD\, d espite the COVID-19 pandemic that made it difficult to organize face-to-fa ce training in 2021 and 2022\,&\;nbsp\; significant progress&\;nbsp\ ; has been achieved by Nigeria under the CropWatch-ICP. However\, further capacity building activities and model calibration efforts are needed to e nhance the usability of the monitoring platform in Nigeria.<\;/p>\;\n\ n<\;p>\;This on-job training is intended to enable Nigerian officers t o acquire advanced skills in using crop monitoring to improve food securit y in Nigeria. After the ten days of training provided by AIR CAS’s exper ts\, the Nigerian experts will be able to put the CropWatch Platform into use in their country\, as well as to train local experts to use it. Partic ipants will be given access to the technology (both during and after the p rogramme) and will be provided with training to use it for Nigeria country analysis as part of February CropWatch bulletin to be released at the end of February. Additionally\, trainees will be taught how to customize it t o specific local requirements using the high-resolution Nigeria and Chines e satellite data.<\;/p>\;\n\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unc tad.org/meeting/job-training-use-cropwatch-cloud-and-model-calibration-nig eria DTSTAMP:20260803T121018Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a70852ae1cae DTSTART:20240227T010000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20240227T093000Z LOCATION:Beijing\, China\, SUMMARY:On-job training on the use of CropWatch Cloud and the model calibra tion for Nigeria CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Large-scale crop monitoring using Earth observation is a comple x and resource-intensive task that requires access to specialized tools. D espite the challenges\, this technology has significant potential to impro ve food security planning and advance progress towards Sustainable Develop ment Goal 2: Zero Hunger.\n\nThe CropWatch Innovative Cooperation Program (CropWatch ICP) aims to provide developing countries with free and unlimit ed access to these technologies developed by AIR CAS\, while training nati onal experts to use and implement them in their home countries.\n\nNigeria \, Africa'\;s most populous country\, faces the challenge of sustainab ly increasing agricultural productivity to meet growing demand while adapt ing to a changing climate. Under the coordination of UNCTAD\, despite the COVID-19 pandemic that made it difficult to organize face-to-face training in 2021 and 2022\,  significant progress  has been achieved by Nigeria under the CropWatch-ICP. However\, further capacity building activities an d model calibration efforts are needed to enhance the usability of the mon itoring platform in Nigeria.\n\nThis on-job training is intended to enable Nigerian officers to acquire advanced skills in using crop monitoring to improve food security in Nigeria. After the ten days of training provided by AIR CAS’s experts\, the Nigerian experts will be able to put the Crop Watch Platform into use in their country\, as well as to train local exper ts to use it. Participants will be given access to the technology (both du ring and after the programme) and will be provided with training to use it for Nigeria country analysis as part of February CropWatch bulletin to be released at the end of February. Additionally\, trainees will be taught h ow to customize it to specific local requirements using the high-resolutio n Nigeria and Chinese satellite data.\n<\;p>\;Large-scale crop monitor ing using Earth observation is a complex and resource-intensive task that requires access to specialized tools. Despite the challenges\, this techno logy has significant potential to improve food security planning and advan ce progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 2: Zero Hunger.<\;/p> \;\n\n<\;p>\;The CropWatch Innovative Cooperation Program (CropWatch I CP) aims to provide developing countries with free and unlimited access to these technologies developed by AIR CAS\, while training national experts to use and implement them in their home countries.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p& gt\;Nigeria\, Africa'\;s most populous country\, faces the challenge o f sustainably increasing agricultural productivity to meet growing demand while adapting to a changing climate. Under the coordination of UNCTAD\, d espite the COVID-19 pandemic that made it difficult to organize face-to-fa ce training in 2021 and 2022\,&\;nbsp\; significant progress&\;nbsp\ ; has been achieved by Nigeria under the CropWatch-ICP. However\, further capacity building activities and model calibration efforts are needed to e nhance the usability of the monitoring platform in Nigeria.<\;/p>\;\n\ n<\;p>\;This on-job training is intended to enable Nigerian officers t o acquire advanced skills in using crop monitoring to improve food securit y in Nigeria. After the ten days of training provided by AIR CAS’s exper ts\, the Nigerian experts will be able to put the CropWatch Platform into use in their country\, as well as to train local experts to use it. Partic ipants will be given access to the technology (both during and after the p rogramme) and will be provided with training to use it for Nigeria country analysis as part of February CropWatch bulletin to be released at the end of February. Additionally\, trainees will be taught how to customize it t o specific local requirements using the high-resolution Nigeria and Chines e satellite data.<\;/p>\;\n\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unc tad.org/meeting/job-training-use-cropwatch-cloud-and-model-calibration-nig eria DTSTAMP:20260803T121018Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a70852ae1cb3 DTSTART:20240228T010000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20240228T093000Z LOCATION:Beijing\, China\, SUMMARY:On-job training on the use of CropWatch Cloud and the model calibra tion for Nigeria CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Large-scale crop monitoring using Earth observation is a comple x and resource-intensive task that requires access to specialized tools. D espite the challenges\, this technology has significant potential to impro ve food security planning and advance progress towards Sustainable Develop ment Goal 2: Zero Hunger.\n\nThe CropWatch Innovative Cooperation Program (CropWatch ICP) aims to provide developing countries with free and unlimit ed access to these technologies developed by AIR CAS\, while training nati onal experts to use and implement them in their home countries.\n\nNigeria \, Africa'\;s most populous country\, faces the challenge of sustainab ly increasing agricultural productivity to meet growing demand while adapt ing to a changing climate. Under the coordination of UNCTAD\, despite the COVID-19 pandemic that made it difficult to organize face-to-face training in 2021 and 2022\,  significant progress  has been achieved by Nigeria under the CropWatch-ICP. However\, further capacity building activities an d model calibration efforts are needed to enhance the usability of the mon itoring platform in Nigeria.\n\nThis on-job training is intended to enable Nigerian officers to acquire advanced skills in using crop monitoring to improve food security in Nigeria. After the ten days of training provided by AIR CAS’s experts\, the Nigerian experts will be able to put the Crop Watch Platform into use in their country\, as well as to train local exper ts to use it. Participants will be given access to the technology (both du ring and after the programme) and will be provided with training to use it for Nigeria country analysis as part of February CropWatch bulletin to be released at the end of February. Additionally\, trainees will be taught h ow to customize it to specific local requirements using the high-resolutio n Nigeria and Chinese satellite data.\n<\;p>\;Large-scale crop monitor ing using Earth observation is a complex and resource-intensive task that requires access to specialized tools. Despite the challenges\, this techno logy has significant potential to improve food security planning and advan ce progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 2: Zero Hunger.<\;/p> \;\n\n<\;p>\;The CropWatch Innovative Cooperation Program (CropWatch I CP) aims to provide developing countries with free and unlimited access to these technologies developed by AIR CAS\, while training national experts to use and implement them in their home countries.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p& gt\;Nigeria\, Africa'\;s most populous country\, faces the challenge o f sustainably increasing agricultural productivity to meet growing demand while adapting to a changing climate. Under the coordination of UNCTAD\, d espite the COVID-19 pandemic that made it difficult to organize face-to-fa ce training in 2021 and 2022\,&\;nbsp\; significant progress&\;nbsp\ ; has been achieved by Nigeria under the CropWatch-ICP. However\, further capacity building activities and model calibration efforts are needed to e nhance the usability of the monitoring platform in Nigeria.<\;/p>\;\n\ n<\;p>\;This on-job training is intended to enable Nigerian officers t o acquire advanced skills in using crop monitoring to improve food securit y in Nigeria. After the ten days of training provided by AIR CAS’s exper ts\, the Nigerian experts will be able to put the CropWatch Platform into use in their country\, as well as to train local experts to use it. Partic ipants will be given access to the technology (both during and after the p rogramme) and will be provided with training to use it for Nigeria country analysis as part of February CropWatch bulletin to be released at the end of February. Additionally\, trainees will be taught how to customize it t o specific local requirements using the high-resolution Nigeria and Chines e satellite data.<\;/p>\;\n\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unc tad.org/meeting/job-training-use-cropwatch-cloud-and-model-calibration-nig eria DTSTAMP:20260803T121018Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a70852ae1cb7 DTSTART:20240229T010000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20240229T093000Z LOCATION:Beijing\, China\, SUMMARY:On-job training on the use of CropWatch Cloud and the model calibra tion for Nigeria CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Large-scale crop monitoring using Earth observation is a comple x and resource-intensive task that requires access to specialized tools. D espite the challenges\, this technology has significant potential to impro ve food security planning and advance progress towards Sustainable Develop ment Goal 2: Zero Hunger.\n\nThe CropWatch Innovative Cooperation Program (CropWatch ICP) aims to provide developing countries with free and unlimit ed access to these technologies developed by AIR CAS\, while training nati onal experts to use and implement them in their home countries.\n\nNigeria \, Africa'\;s most populous country\, faces the challenge of sustainab ly increasing agricultural productivity to meet growing demand while adapt ing to a changing climate. Under the coordination of UNCTAD\, despite the COVID-19 pandemic that made it difficult to organize face-to-face training in 2021 and 2022\,  significant progress  has been achieved by Nigeria under the CropWatch-ICP. However\, further capacity building activities an d model calibration efforts are needed to enhance the usability of the mon itoring platform in Nigeria.\n\nThis on-job training is intended to enable Nigerian officers to acquire advanced skills in using crop monitoring to improve food security in Nigeria. After the ten days of training provided by AIR CAS’s experts\, the Nigerian experts will be able to put the Crop Watch Platform into use in their country\, as well as to train local exper ts to use it. Participants will be given access to the technology (both du ring and after the programme) and will be provided with training to use it for Nigeria country analysis as part of February CropWatch bulletin to be released at the end of February. Additionally\, trainees will be taught h ow to customize it to specific local requirements using the high-resolutio n Nigeria and Chinese satellite data.\n<\;p>\;Large-scale crop monitor ing using Earth observation is a complex and resource-intensive task that requires access to specialized tools. Despite the challenges\, this techno logy has significant potential to improve food security planning and advan ce progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 2: Zero Hunger.<\;/p> \;\n\n<\;p>\;The CropWatch Innovative Cooperation Program (CropWatch I CP) aims to provide developing countries with free and unlimited access to these technologies developed by AIR CAS\, while training national experts to use and implement them in their home countries.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p& gt\;Nigeria\, Africa'\;s most populous country\, faces the challenge o f sustainably increasing agricultural productivity to meet growing demand while adapting to a changing climate. Under the coordination of UNCTAD\, d espite the COVID-19 pandemic that made it difficult to organize face-to-fa ce training in 2021 and 2022\,&\;nbsp\; significant progress&\;nbsp\ ; has been achieved by Nigeria under the CropWatch-ICP. However\, further capacity building activities and model calibration efforts are needed to e nhance the usability of the monitoring platform in Nigeria.<\;/p>\;\n\ n<\;p>\;This on-job training is intended to enable Nigerian officers t o acquire advanced skills in using crop monitoring to improve food securit y in Nigeria. After the ten days of training provided by AIR CAS’s exper ts\, the Nigerian experts will be able to put the CropWatch Platform into use in their country\, as well as to train local experts to use it. Partic ipants will be given access to the technology (both during and after the p rogramme) and will be provided with training to use it for Nigeria country analysis as part of February CropWatch bulletin to be released at the end of February. Additionally\, trainees will be taught how to customize it t o specific local requirements using the high-resolution Nigeria and Chines e satellite data.<\;/p>\;\n\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unc tad.org/meeting/job-training-use-cropwatch-cloud-and-model-calibration-nig eria DTSTAMP:20260803T121018Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a70852ae1cbc DTSTART:20240301T010000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20240301T093000Z LOCATION:Beijing\, China\, SUMMARY:On-job training on the use of CropWatch Cloud and the model calibra tion for Nigeria CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Large-scale crop monitoring using Earth observation is a comple x and resource-intensive task that requires access to specialized tools. D espite the challenges\, this technology has significant potential to impro ve food security planning and advance progress towards Sustainable Develop ment Goal 2: Zero Hunger.\n\nThe CropWatch Innovative Cooperation Program (CropWatch ICP) aims to provide developing countries with free and unlimit ed access to these technologies developed by AIR CAS\, while training nati onal experts to use and implement them in their home countries.\n\nNigeria \, Africa'\;s most populous country\, faces the challenge of sustainab ly increasing agricultural productivity to meet growing demand while adapt ing to a changing climate. Under the coordination of UNCTAD\, despite the COVID-19 pandemic that made it difficult to organize face-to-face training in 2021 and 2022\,  significant progress  has been achieved by Nigeria under the CropWatch-ICP. However\, further capacity building activities an d model calibration efforts are needed to enhance the usability of the mon itoring platform in Nigeria.\n\nThis on-job training is intended to enable Nigerian officers to acquire advanced skills in using crop monitoring to improve food security in Nigeria. After the ten days of training provided by AIR CAS’s experts\, the Nigerian experts will be able to put the Crop Watch Platform into use in their country\, as well as to train local exper ts to use it. Participants will be given access to the technology (both du ring and after the programme) and will be provided with training to use it for Nigeria country analysis as part of February CropWatch bulletin to be released at the end of February. Additionally\, trainees will be taught h ow to customize it to specific local requirements using the high-resolutio n Nigeria and Chinese satellite data.\n<\;p>\;Large-scale crop monitor ing using Earth observation is a complex and resource-intensive task that requires access to specialized tools. Despite the challenges\, this techno logy has significant potential to improve food security planning and advan ce progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 2: Zero Hunger.<\;/p> \;\n\n<\;p>\;The CropWatch Innovative Cooperation Program (CropWatch I CP) aims to provide developing countries with free and unlimited access to these technologies developed by AIR CAS\, while training national experts to use and implement them in their home countries.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p& gt\;Nigeria\, Africa'\;s most populous country\, faces the challenge o f sustainably increasing agricultural productivity to meet growing demand while adapting to a changing climate. Under the coordination of UNCTAD\, d espite the COVID-19 pandemic that made it difficult to organize face-to-fa ce training in 2021 and 2022\,&\;nbsp\; significant progress&\;nbsp\ ; has been achieved by Nigeria under the CropWatch-ICP. However\, further capacity building activities and model calibration efforts are needed to e nhance the usability of the monitoring platform in Nigeria.<\;/p>\;\n\ n<\;p>\;This on-job training is intended to enable Nigerian officers t o acquire advanced skills in using crop monitoring to improve food securit y in Nigeria. After the ten days of training provided by AIR CAS’s exper ts\, the Nigerian experts will be able to put the CropWatch Platform into use in their country\, as well as to train local experts to use it. Partic ipants will be given access to the technology (both during and after the p rogramme) and will be provided with training to use it for Nigeria country analysis as part of February CropWatch bulletin to be released at the end of February. Additionally\, trainees will be taught how to customize it t o specific local requirements using the high-resolution Nigeria and Chines e satellite data.<\;/p>\;\n\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unc tad.org/meeting/job-training-use-cropwatch-cloud-and-model-calibration-nig eria DTSTAMP:20260803T121018Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR