Forecasting and monitoring maize production using satellite imagery in Rwanda

Proceedings - 2017 IEEE Technological Innovations in ICT for Agriculture and Rural Development, TIAR 2017

Volumn 2018-January, Issue , 2017, Pages 51-56

  Uwizera, Davy ^a   McSharry, Patrick ^a,b,c  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RWANDA   (Rwanda)

Author keywords

crop yield; forecasting; monitoring; parsimonious; satellite imagery

Indexed keywords

CROPS; FORECASTING; PRODUCTIVITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

AGRICULTURAL SECTOR; CROP YIELD; ECONOMIC SECTORS; EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS; HIGH QUALITY; MAIZE PRODUCTION; PARSIMONIOUS; PLANT DISEASE; SPECIFIC AREAS; WEATHER PATTERNS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 85046948780     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/TIAR.2017.8273685     Document Type: Conference Paper

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