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Empowering farmers in Mali with a bundled service of agri-weather advisories and crop insurance. Together with OKO Finance and Georg-August-Universität Göttingen we ran a successful project, with meaningful results that speak for themselves; higher yields, greater satisfaction and a growing loyalty. Read more ›
This morning we showed our solution remotely at the Africa Climate Summit 2 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Our SAFE4ALL Africa partner Fitsum A. Gelaye, MCP, from Resilient Cities Network, hosted a 𝐒𝐀𝐅𝐄4𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 that looked into how the Triple A Framework (Analysis-Ambition-Action) can turn climate data into shared visions and scale local initiatives into systemic change. The video below, that presents Weather Impact’s agro-weather advisory chatbot, 𝐔𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚-𝐖𝐈, was played. Read more ›
Typhoon Kajiki is moving towards eastern Myanmar, causing already heavy flooding in Vietnam the past few days.
As Weather Impact has just launched an operational weather service in Myanmar, we follow the situation closely, to be able to send timely weather alerts to farmers. Read more ›
Research among farmers in Tanzania reveals that many never check the weather forecast. And among the small group that does, most rely on the radio or turn to traditional methods and personal experience. This is concerning, especially as the effects of climate change and shifting rainfall patterns become increasingly evident – leading to frequent yield loss. Read more ›
Sometimes, a word becomes so common in our field that it starts to lose its meaning. Citizen science, deep learning, co-creation. These terms get repeated so often that they risk becoming little more than crowd-pleasing buzzwords. But in developing digital tools for smallholder farmers facing the increasing pressures of climate change, we believe co-creation is not optional – it is essential. Read more ›
In March 2025 the SAFE4ALL General Assembly took place in Accra, Ghana. Within the SAFE4ALL project project, we aim to provide localized, scalable climate information services to empower local actors in decision-making, thereby safeguarding African foodsheds and enhancing community resilience for three countries; Ghana, Zimbabwe and Kenia. Further development of the Uliza-WI chatbot and sustainable business models for multiple climate services have a focus in this project. Read more ›
Weather Impact works together with the Centre for Equity, Wellbeing and Development Studies (CEWDS) to provide technical support for promoting the use of Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) in Cameroon. The project aims to accomplish this by (1) identifying which regions in Cameroon are the most vulnerable to current and future climate risks and hazards, (2) which current CSA technologies are most promising to help mitigate this vulnerability, and (3) how the private sector and agricultural insurance can do their part in lowering the vulnerability of smallholder farmers to climate hazards. Read more ›
In the last two weeks Weather Impact has celebrated it’s anniversary well!
We look back on a cozy winter barbeque in our office garden, where we reunited with former colleagues and enjoyed delicious food, complete with campfires, gluhwein, and roasting marshmallows over the flames. Read more ›
10 years Weather Impact!
With pride, we look back on the past decade: the incredible work we’ve done, the fantastic projects we’ve completed, the many lessons we learned, the unique partnerships we’ve formed, and the amazing colleagues we’ve had the pleasure of working with. Read more ›
Tanzania Youth Espouse for Gender and Development (TYEGD) and TARI recently conducted a data collection training in the Bunda and Butiama regions, for government officials, agricultural extension officers, and citizen scientists. Read more ›
