USDA Foreign Agricultural Service utilizes - satellite imagery weather data and other information to...

USDA Foreign Agricultural Service utilizes -• satellite imagery • weather data and • other information

to estimate crop production and monitor agriculturaldrought in various countries around the world.

Agro-meteorological data are integrated withsatellite imagery of different resolutions (high, medium, and low) as needed to answer key questions.

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• high resolution for crop confirmation• medium resolution for area calculation• low resolution for time-series relative yield estimation (chart shows NDVI with historical crop yields)

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USDA Produced Image Classification (Dominant Crops)

[using classification techniques]

• USDA FAS provides readily accessible data products through Crop Explorer’s global charts and maps of– Meteorological data from World Meteorological

Organization (WMO) and US Air Force Weather Agency (AFWA).

– Vegetation assessment (NDVI) data from NASA-MODIS, ESA-SPOT Vegetation

www.pecad.fas.usda.gov/cropexplorerwww.pecad.fas.usda.gov/cropexplorer

USDA FAS

Office of Capacity Building and Development• Leads USDA’s efforts to help developing countries build their

agricultural systems and trade capacity

• Serves as a link to technical expertise available throughout USDA

• Facilitates expert consultations, customized trainings, specialized scientific exchanges, workshops

• Works with USAID, State Dept.,U.N. agencies, international institutions and organizations, foreign governments

• Focal point for USDA collaboration with WBG under Water MOU

Contact info:Robert Tetrault

robert.tetrault@fas.usda.gov

Otto Gonzalez

otto.gonzalez@fas.usda.gov

202 690-2919