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Follow on Google News | Salient Receives Grant to Provide Enhanced Weather Forecasts for Smallholder Farmers in East Africa$2.9 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support Salient's efforts to provide actionable S2S weather predictions to improve agricultural productivity
By: Salient Preditions "Supporting smallholder farmers in East Africa is well aligned with Salient's mission of enabling climate resiliency and responding to the challenges of our changing climate," said Matt Stein (https://www.linkedin.com/ This investment from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is expected to contribute to the delivery of climate-informed decision support tools to help farmers adapt to and mitigate the impacts of climate change. Decisions such as what crop or variety to plant in advance of the growing season will enable a new level of planning for governments, agribusiness, and smallholder farmers based on forecasts of seasonal weather patterns rather than extrapolating from historical trends. "We are thrilled to leverage Salient's expertise and unlock the transformative potential of their next-generation sub-seasonal to seasonal weather forecasting in East Africa," said Georgina Campbell Flatter (https://www.linkedin.com/ "Farmers play a pivotal role in ensuring food security and prosperity," For more information on Salient's revolutionary S2S forecasting solution, go to: https://www.salientpredictions.com/ All trademarks recognized. # End
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