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A comparison of global agricultural monitoring systems and current gaps

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Title A comparison of global agricultural monitoring systems and current gaps
 
Creator Fritz, Steffen
See, Linda
Bayas, Juan Carlos Laso
Waldner, François
Jacques, Damien
Becker-Reshef, Inbal
Whitcraft, Alyssa
Baruth, Bettina
Bonifacio, Rogerio
Crutchfield, Jim
Rembold, Felix
Rojas, Oscar
Schucknecht, Anne
Velde, Marijn van der
Verdin, James
Wuk, Bingfang
Yank, Nana
You, Liangzhi
Gilliams, Sven
Mücher, Sander
Tetrault, Robert
Moorthy, Inian
McCallum, Ian
 
Subject crop production
crop calendar
yields
earth observation satellites
 
Description Global and regional scale agricultural monitoring systems aim to provide up-to-date information regarding food production to different actors and decision makers in support of global and national food security. To help reduce price volatility of the kind experienced between 2007 and 2011, a global system of agricultural monitoring systems is needed to ensure the coordinated flow of information in a timely manner for early warning purposes. A number of systems now exist that fill this role. This paper provides an overview of the eight main global and regional scale agricultural monitoring systems currently in operation and compares them based on the input data and models used, the outputs produced and other characteristics such as the role of the analyst, their interaction with other systems and the geographical scale at which they operate. Despite improvements in access to high resolution satellite imagery over the last decade and the use of numerous remote-sensing based products by the different systems, there are still fundamental gaps. Based on a questionnaire, discussions with the system experts and the literature, we present the main gaps in the data and in the methods. Finally, we propose some recommendations for addressing these gaps through ongoing improvements in remote sensing, harnessing new and innovative data streams and the continued sharing of more and more data.
 
Date 2018-07-25
2019-11-05T04:42:31Z
2019-11-05T04:42:31Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Fritz, Steffen; See, Linda; Bayas, Juan Carlos Laso; Waldner, François; Jacques, Damien; Becker-Reshef, Inbal; Whitcraft, Alyssa; Baruth, Bettina; Bonifacio, Rogerio; Crutchfield, Jim; Rembold, Felix; Rojas, Oscar; Schucknecht, Anne; Van der Velde, Marijn; Verdin, James; Wuk, Bingfang; Yank, Nana; You, Liangzhi; Gilliams, Sven; Mücher, Sander; Tetrault, Robert; Moorthy, Inian; McCallum, Ian. 2019. A comparison of global agricultural monitoring systems and current gaps. Agricultural systems.168(2019):258-272 . doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2018.05.010
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/105629
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308521X17312027?via%3Dihub
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2018.05.010
Variability, Risks and Competing Uses
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Format 168(2019):258-272
application/pdf
 
Source Agricultural Systems