Earth Observation for agricolture
Based on a 2018 assessment by the FAO, almost 800 million people in the world do not have enough food to lead healthy lives.
Because little action is taken toward environmental sustainability, emphasis has been placed on optimizing the usage of natural resources, such as water, and of chemicals.
The FAO estimates that private sector involvement is critical in fostering “technology transfer capabilities” and Earth Observation offers a major opportunity to implement Precision Farming practices, a concept promoted by all major European Space Agencies.
The usage of low-cost General Aviation airplanes, in particular, offers the opportunity to extract mid- and low-altitude high-precision data.
This information can be very relevant and highly valuable when supplied directly to farmers, in a timely way. In addition, manned aerial platforms offer the possibility to capture “Proprietary” data: owning proprietary data is a strategic factor which enables first-moving countries to build domestic capabilities which can then be exported to their closest neighbours and, eventually, generate a brand new pillar of their economies.
Based on a 2018 assessment by the FAO, almost 800 million people in the world do not have enough food to lead healthy lives.
Because little action is taken toward environmental sustainability, emphasis has been placed on optimizing the usage of natural resources, such as water, and of chemicals.
The FAO estimates that private sector involvement is critical in fostering “technology transfer capabilities” and Earth Observation offers a major opportunity to implement Precision Farming practices, a concept promoted by all major European Space Agencies.
The usage of low-cost General Aviation airplanes, in particular, offers the opportunity to extract mid- and low-altitude high-precision data.
This information can be very relevant and highly valuable when supplied directly to farmers, in a timely way. In addition, manned aerial platforms offer the possibility to capture “Proprietary” data: owning proprietary data is a strategic factor which enables first-moving countries to build domestic capabilities which can then be exported to their closest neighbours and, eventually, generate a brand new pillar of their economies.
