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NASA, USAID partner to solve challenges in developing countries

NASA and the U.S. Agency for International Development have signed a five-year agreement that will put the space agency\'s data about the earth to work for USAI...

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May 3, 2011 11:40 am

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NASA and the U.S. Agency for International Development have signed a five-year agreement that will put the space agency’s data about the earth to work for USAID. The agency plans to use NASA imagery and other geospatial technologies to help developing countries solve challenges around issues like climate change, agriculture, disaster response and energy. The agreement builds on a joint program the two agencies have already been using to help forecast environmental changes that impact residents in Central America, East Africa and the Himalayas.