Catherine Nakalembe's Article Selected as AGU Editor’s Highlight

A field of sorghum crops growing in a dry, sandy landscape under a cloudy sky, with mountains in the far distance.

Assistant Professor Catherine Nakalembe’s research article on using satellite data to reduce drought-related food insecurity in Uganda is featured on Eos.org, an honor given to fewer than 2% of AGU papers.

Technologies for Earth observation by satellites have been used to give advance warning of potentially imminent crop failure due to drought conditions. These risks are increasing with climate change and are especially concerning for middle- and low-income countries that are vulnerable to food insecurity.

Nakalembe [2026] reports on the effectiveness of Uganda’s Disaster Risk Financing Program, which pioneered satellite-triggered financing for drought disaster relief operating at scale ...

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Image: Nadunget Sub-County, Moroto District, Uganda in August 2016. Credit: Catherine Nakalembe

Published on Tue, 01/20/2026 - 14:47