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Here we keep you up to date on NASA Harvest partner activities including recent research and publications, conference presence and presentations, joint events, partner features, and more!
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Harvest partner presents in Ukraine at GEO-UA 2018Oct 12, 2018NASA Harvest partner Sergii Skakun participated in the 6th GEO-UA International Conference “Earth Observations for Sustainable Development and Security”, held on 18-19 September 2018 in Kyiv, Ukraine. This year… Read more |
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Winter Cereals Maps developed by Harvest UMD Hub and Buenos Aires Grain Exchange Featured in Argentinian Newspaper La NacionOct 9, 2018Multi-year (2001-2017) winter cereal maps for Argentina created by Harvest partners Sergii Skakun (UMD Harvest Hub, Associate Research Professor) and Esteban Copati (Buenos Aires Grain Exchange) using NASA's… Read more |
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GEOGLAM Crop Monitor Monitors Crop Prices After North European DroughtOct 1, 2018A prolonged heatwave in northern Europe created havoc in the summer of 2018. Sweden was blazing with uncharacteristic wildfires; swaths of the United Kingdom turned brown; and Germany endured a summer-long drought. Now, experts say the prolonged hot and dry conditions… Read more |
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Texas A&M advances crop observation and yield prediction through UAS and Satellite data comparisonSep 24, 2018NASA Harvest partners at Texas A&M are working to evaluate the precision and suitability of rotorcraft-type small unmanned aircraft system (UAS), fixed-wing aircraft (Cessna), and satellite (accessed through the GEOGLAM and Harvest networks) for observing crop stresses… Read more |
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Together with FEWS NET, NASA Harvest compiles comprehensive archive of sub-national agricultural statisticsAug 21, 2018It may be a surprise to some that a global historical archive of official agricultural production statistics, at a sub-national level, does not already exist. However, it does not, and that is the object of an Harvest-funded effort to locate, compile and make accessible… Read more |