Food security monitoring via mobile data collection and remote sensing: Results from the Central African Republic

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Enenkel, Markus ^a   See, Linda ^b   Karner, Mathias ^b   Álvarez, Mònica ^c   Rogenhofer, Edith ^c   Baraldès Vallverdú, Carme ^c   Lanusse, Candela ^c   Salse, Núria ^c  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^c MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; CONFLICT; COPING BEHAVIOR; DROUGHT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FOOD SECURITY; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALNUTRITION; MOBILE APPLICATION; MONITORING; RANDOM SAMPLE; REMOTE SENSING; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMARTPHONE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDIZATION; TREND STUDY; VIOLENCE; HUMAN; MOBILE PHONE; SEASON;

RAIN;

CELL PHONES; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; DROUGHTS; HUMANS; MALNUTRITION; RAIN; SEASONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84957603505     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0142030     Document Type: Article

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