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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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Iraq Drought 2008/09Iraq Drought 2008/09
• 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
