Agriculture
In Zambia, agriculture has been identified as one of the key main drivers for economic diversification and
Our Services
NRSC contribution to the 8NDP and the Sustainable Development Goals
The NRSC recognises the four Strategic Development Areas (SDAs) of the 8NDP and is set to provide Earth Observation (EO) and Geographic Information System (GIS) solutions, products and services in the following key areas of national development:
- Economic transformation and job creation
- Human and social development
- Environmental sustainability
- Good governance environment
The cross cutting nature of EO and GIS applications allows NRSC an opportunity to support and provide remote sensed based solutions for water resources management, flood and drought assessment, crop mapping and yield estimation, infrastructure development and planning, assessment of climate change impacts among others. Further, NRSC has in recent years provided valuable and up to date geospatial information for the country reporting on some Sustainable Development Goals.
Forestry Resources
Remote Sensing has shown effectiveness in its contribution to forest landscape management. Mapping and Inventory of forest
Public Health
Geographic information systems and remote sensing are increasingly being used to analyze the geography of diseases, specifically
Disaster Risk Monitoring
Remote sensing technologies have been used in disaster management especially during the preparedness, warning and response, monitoring
Land Audit
Done at both small and large scale, with the aim of quantifying total land that has been
GRS Services
Ground Receiving Stations are surface-based facilities designed to provide near-real time communication with satellites, in space, orbiting
