CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2016
| Author | Khazieva, Elizaveta |
|---|---|
| Title | Application of satellite technologies for agricultural monitoring: crop assessment in Russia |
| Summary | Nowadays agriculture and food security have become an acute issue. World population is growing exponentially and new ways of cropland monitoring and management should be introduced in order to meet the growing food demand. In this context satellite technologies start playing an important role in agricultural monitoring systems. Coupled with GIS analysis techniques this approach can provide detailed information about crop condition and productivity. The aim of this research is to contribute to food security assessment initiatives by investigating application of satellite technologies in agricultural management and monitoring in Moscow region. Using free and commercial remote sensing images for different time periods, series of maps have been produced identifying problematic areas of cropland requiring attention and intervention of farm management. Through the research several important parameters defining crop health and supporting crop monitoring have been assessed such as overgrown area detection, water and chlorophyll content in vegetation canopy. All steps of the assessment have been assembled in the spatial model allowing automatic satellite data processing and analysis to be made. The model could be used for various crops, and correspondingly, food security assessment at other sites within the study region and worldwide. Not only does the developed algorithm improve agricultural management at the local level and help local farmers, but also it might be interesting for big agrocompanies. The results acquired through this research showed that remote sensing data coupled with statistical information from agrocompanies has high potential to maintain sustainable agriculture and ensure food security. |
| Supervisor | Lagutov Viktor |
| Department | Environment Sciences and Policy MSc |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2016/khazieva_elizaveta.pdf |
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