Classification of maize in complex smallholder farming systems using UAV imagery

Drones

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 1-8

  Hall, Ola ^a   Dahlin, Sigrun ^b   Marstorp, Håkan ^b   Bustos, Maria Francisca Archila ^a   Öborn, Ingrid ^b,c,d   Jirström, Magnus ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c ICRAF World Agroforestry Centre Bogor   (Indonesia)

^d CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Ghana; Maize; OBIA; Remote sensing; UAV

Indexed keywords

EID: 85061568241     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2504446X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/drones2030022     Document Type: Article

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