اللغة الإنجليزية 
البرتغالية 
الفرنسية 
العربية 
Digital Earth Africa and Sôlt Africana have formalised a collaboration to strengthen agricultural verification and compliance with the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) using satellite data.
The collaboration focuses on applying satellite-based monitoring to validate cultivation claims across 8,000 hectares of Castor and Sunflower farms in South Africa and Malawi. By combining verified farm boundary data with analysis-ready satellite products, the initiative supports EUDR compliance while strengthening transparent and traceable agricultural supply chains.
Closing the “ground truth” gap
As international sustainability regulations become more stringent, agricultural exporters face increasing pressure to demonstrate traceability and land-use integrity. In many contexts, field-based verification alone is not sufficient to meet evolving compliance standards.
This collaboration addresses that gap by integrating farm-level coordinate data provided by Sôlt Africana with satellite-derived insights available through the DE Africa platform. The objective is to monitor crop presence, performance, and cultivation activity using reproducible, scalable workflows built on open Earth observation data.
Under the agreement, DE Africa provides access to satellite data products and analytical tools, alongside technical guidance to support the development of verification workflows. These workflows analyse variables such as crop phenology, crop type identification, and cultivation events using Python-based notebooks.
Sôlt Africana contributes farm boundary datasets through a secure repository and develops reporting outputs, including monthly “traffic light” summaries designed for integration into CastorConnect, its proprietary traceability registry.
Farm location data will remain accessible only to members of the joint project team, ensuring confidentiality while enabling robust validation processes.
Supporting sustainable agriculture and market access
Beyond regulatory compliance, the collaboration strengthens practical methods for agricultural monitoring at scale. By refining workflows for crop validation and performance tracking, the initiative supports African enterprises in meeting international sustainability requirements without relying solely on costly field inspections.
The pilot establishes a model for integrating open Earth observation data into commercial traceability systems, enhancing transparency while building local technical capacity.
Through this partnership, DE Africa and Sôlt Africana demonstrate how satellite data can move beyond mapping into operational compliance, enabling African agricultural producers to remain competitive in global markets while advancing sustainable land-use practices.