This video is a walk through that shows how WaPOR data can be accessed in the FAO Hand in Hand platform and used in near-real time to take the pulse of the current growing season by comparing metrics such as biomass production between years. The case study explored here is that of Somalia, a country located in the horn of Africa. The video shows that WaPOR precipitation data, which is derived from remote sensing, captured the late onset of the 2019 rainy season (Gu) in Somalia and consecutively, the low biomass production (plant growth) that followed, which was lower than previous years, even really dry ones.

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• The use of WaPOR data to monitor agricultural production in near real time