Monitoring agriculture for market management and food security

Agricultural and agro-environmental monitoring, yield forecasting and early warning, deforestation and land use/land cover monitoring, are critical for policy makers. Accurate, timely and cost-effective approaches to these issues generally rely on the use of advanced methods, remote sensing data, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Global Positioning Systems (GPS). Moreover, upcoming satellites offer the possibility to improve some applications. In this conference, advanced methods developed so far are discussed, focusing on advantages, requirements and limitations.

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