#SmallholderFarm

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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1 year ago

Smallholder farm in the North of Mozambique seen from above. The spatial resolution of openly accessible and commercial satellite systems relevant for SDG monitoring is shown here for comparison.

Opinion piece: Farms worldwide need access to commercial satellite data to enhance #SustainableDevelopment goals and research. In PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

#SDGs #SmallholderFarm #ClimateChange #agriculture #LandUse #CropProductivity

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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1 year ago

Smallholder farm in the North of Mozambique seen from above. The spatial resolution of openly accessible and commercial satellite systems relevant to SDG monitoring is shown here for comparison.

Opinion piece: Farms worldwide need access to commercial satellite data to enhance #SustainableDevelopment goals and research. In PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
#SDGs #SmallholderFarm #ClimateChange #agriculture #LandUse #CropProductivity

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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1 year ago

To adequately study smallholder farms, researchers need access to high-resolution satellite data. This will provide critical tools, data, and scientific underpinning for the policies necessary to meet the targets defined under the SDGs. Pictured is a hand holding some beans. Image credit: Cristina Chiarella (photographer).

Opinion piece: To advance #SustainableDevelopmentGoal research, open up commercial #satellite image archives for better #farm data. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

#SDGs #SmallholderFarm #ClimateChange #agriculture #LandUse #CropProductivity