Abel Chemura is a Post-Doctoral Researcher at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) in Germany working on integrated agricultural systems research with crop models and earth observation data at local and regional scales with focus in the tropics. He has over 12 years experience in systems agronomy where he supports evidence-based decision making with satellite remote sensing for agricultural applications and biophysical modelling. His experience is in rapid crop appraisal for climate impact assessment and development of sustainable adaptation methods. He is also working with strategic foresight modelling which uses machine learning algorithms on big data on climate, management and remotely sensed data to establish production potential that is useful in informing technical and policy decisions on the probabilities of successful cropping under current and projected climatic conditions. He is passionate about contributing to agricultural development in Africa through use of integrated modelling to inform technical planning and policy making for climate resilience.