Agriculture and food availability -- remote sensing of agriculture for food security monitoring in the developing world
Earthzine
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Abstract
For one-sixth of the world’s population - roughly 1 billion children, women and men - growing, buying or receiving adequate, affordable food to eat is a daily uncertainty. The World Monetary Fund reports that food prices worldwide increased 43 percent in 2007-2008, and unpredictable growing conditions make subsistence farming, on which many depend, a risky business. Scientists with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) are part of a network of both private and government institutions that monitor food security in many of the poorest nations in the world.
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Budde, M.E., Rowland, J., Funk, C.C., 2010, Agriculture and food availability -- remote sensing of agriculture for food security monitoring in the developing world: Earthzine.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Agriculture and food availability -- remote sensing of agriculture for food security monitoring in the developing world |
| Series title | Earthzine |
| Year Published | 2010 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | IEEE |
| Publisher location | Washington, D.C |
| Contributing office(s) | Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center |
| Larger Work Type | Article |
| Larger Work Subtype | Journal Article |
| Larger Work Title | Earthzine |