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The Green Revolution 2.0 aims to combat hunger by enhancing agricultural productivity through advanced methods like remote sensing. This initiative focuses on cultivating high-yielding and fast-growing crops while utilizing effective irrigation and farm management techniques. It addresses sustainability challenges, including salinization and pollution, by improving crop resilience to stress and input efficiency. Remote sensing technology enables precise monitoring of agricultural investments and environmental changes, facilitating smarter decision-making in farming and ensuring sustainable food production.
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Green Revolution 2.0Remote Sensing Jamie Jacobsen
Goal: alleviate hunger by increasing agricultural productivity per unit of land • Focus on high yielding, fast growing crops • Irrigation • Farm management First Green Revolution
Sustainability: deep ground water sources • Salinization: increase of salt content in soil • Pollution: water contamination with herbicides and pesticides BUT
Improve crop tolerance to stress • Increase input efficiency • Sustainability • Digital Revolution Green Revolution 2.0
Hot air balloons • WWI aerial photography • Cold War • Green Revolution 2.0: Target and monitor agricultural investments and developments Remote Sensing History
Remote Sensing “The process [that] involves the detection and measurement of radiation of different wavelengths reflected or emitted from distant objects or materials, by which they may be identified and categorized by class/type, substance, and spatial distribution” NASA Earth Observatory
Passive vs. Active Sensors Technology: EMR
Visible Infrared Microwave Technology: Spectral Reflectance Signature
Emission of EMR • Energy from sensor to Earth’s surface • EMR interaction with objects • Energy back to remote sensor • Sensor data output 5 Stages of Remote Sensing
So… Why do I care?
Remote Sensing: Green Revolution Applications
Oceanography • Glaciology • Geodesy • Military Others
Advantages: • Not necessary to be physically present. • Survey large area at one time. • Consistent, time series data shows change. • Disadvantages: • Subjective interpretation. Main Points
Numerous applications • Ability to monitor change • Continued investment in future Significant!
Sanderson, Dr. Robert. “Introduction to Remote Sensing.” New Mexico State University. Web 14 March 2013. <ftp://ftp.wsl.ch/downloads/babst/Fernerkundung_WS2012/literatur/remote_sensing.pdf>. • Aggarwal, Shelafi. “Principles of Remote Sensing.” Web. 16 March 2013. http://wamis.org/agm/pubs/agm8/Paper-2.pdf • Remote Sensing.” NASA Earth Observatory. Web. 08 April 2013. http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/RemoteSensing/. • Pingali, Prabhu L. “Green Revolution: Impacts, limits and the path ahead.” Web. 20 March 2013. • http://www.pnas.org/content/109/31/12302. References