A comparison of global agricultural monitoring systems and current gaps

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 168, Issue , 2019, Pages 258-272

  Fritz, Steffen ^a   See, Linda ^a   Bayas, Juan Carlos Laso ^a   Waldner, François ^b,c   Jacques, Damien ^c   Becker Reshef, Inbal ^d   Whitcraft, Alyssa ^d   Baruth, Bettina ^e   Bonifacio, Rogerio ^f   Crutchfield, Jim ^g   Rembold, Felix ^e   Rojas, Oscar ^h   Schucknecht, Anne ⁱ   Van der Velde, Marijn ^e   Verdin, James ^j   Wu, Bingfang ^k   Yan, Nana ^k   You, Liangzhi ^l   Gilliams, Sven ^m   Mücher, Sander ⁿ   Tetrault, Robert ^g   Moorthy, Inian ^a   McCallum, Ian ^a   more..

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^e JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^f World Food Programme   (Italy)

^g Washington DC   (United States)

^h FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

ⁱ KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^j FEWS NET   (United States)

^k INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^l INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^m FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

ⁿ WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

more..

Author keywords

Crop area; Crop calendars; Crop production; Earth observation; Gaps; Global agricultural monitoring; In situ data; Spatial resolution; Yield

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROP IMPROVEMENT; CROP PLANT; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; DATA SET; DECISION MAKING; EOS; FOOD PRODUCTION; FOOD SECURITY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; YIELD RESPONSE;

EID: 85050362314     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2018.05.010     Document Type: Article

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