Multimedia | Geospatial Data & Weather Risk Mapping for Agriculture Risk Management

IRI (September 2011) | In this interview, climate scientist Tufa Dinku discusses his work on combining weather station data with satellite information to generate high-resolution data sets that could be used for making forecasts and feed into climate risk management activities. With funding from Google.org, Dinku and his colleagues at the University of Reading have been working with Ethiopia's National Meteorology Agency since 2008 to produce these hybrid data sets, which now extend the climate record back 30 years. Video Credit: Francesco Fiondella, IRI.  See original here

ASTER's Satellite Image Gallery for Land Use. ASTER is a cooperative effort between NASA and Japan's Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry (METI), with the collaboration of scientific and industry organizations in both countries. The ASTER instrument provides the next generation in remote sensing imaging capabilities compared with the older Landsat Thematic Mapper, and Japan's JERS-1 OPS scanner. Visit the gallery here

FARMD (March 2012) | In this video Carlos Arce shares his thoughts on the importance of geospatial technologies to sustainable agriculture development. The World Bank, in addition to many other international organizations, governments and NGOs, has seen increasing interest in this technology in recent years and been working to incorporate it into agriculture insurance, crop suitability, and early warning systems projects. Watch the video by clicking on the above image. 

FARMD (Mar. 2012) | In this video, Carlos Arce discusses the future applications of geospatial technology in the agriculture sectors of development countries, the use of this technology for sustainable agriculture development, and the use of this technology for increased agriculture risk management. View the video by clicking on the above image.

FARMD (Mar. 2012) | In this video, the central question, "Why is this technology important to agriculture development" is asked. Carlos Arce addresses this question, believing it is very important to agriculture risk management in particular. View the video by clicking on the above image. 

Satellite Imaging Corporation provides a large amount of satellite remote sensing data at different spatial, spectral, and temporal resolutions by using the appropriate combination of bands to bring out the geographical and manmade features. Go Now

NASA (September 2009) | This video highlights the work of Christ Justice from University of Maryland and a NASA funded project that works to trace the changes in land use globally and identify risks that land use change can pose to the global agriculture sector. Social, economic and cultural drivers of land use change are explored in order to understand the causes and different impacts of land use changes..

NASA (Sep.2009) | Every day, NASA collects information vital to food production all over the world. These kinds of data can help make the difference for some people between being able to buy food and going hungry. These data help relief agencies know where food will be needed most. And they can make the difference between profits and losses for farmers and even entire food production systems. This information is a valuable asset. NASA’s mission: to give it away for free.

NASA (Sep. 2009) | NASA satellites, monitoring our planet from space, are in the perfect place to help us see the global picture. Agriculture, the process of growing food and fuel, is usually far more complex then simply growing something and getting it to market.