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crop-monitoring

Collecting super high resolution drone data for crop monitoring
  • Crop monitoring,
  • drones,
  • MAPEO,
  • drone based phenotyping,
  • crop mapping

Collecting super high resolution drone data for crop monitoring

By Dries Raymaekers 12.06.2023

The OpsDrone project, funded by VLAIO, wants to boost the use of drone services for agricultural applications. One of the big future trends we see in..

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Desert locust monitoring in East-Africa
  • Crop monitoring,
  • Desert Locust,
  • ESA GDA,
  • crop damage mapping

Desert locust monitoring in East-Africa

By Roel Van Hoolst 30.05.2023
The desert locust is one of the most destructive pests in the world. A small swarm can contain 80 million locusts and cause widespread damage to crops and..
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Global Seasonal crop mapping: from validation to demonstration
  • Agriculture,
  • Crop monitoring,
  • worldcereal

Global Seasonal crop mapping: from validation to demonstration

By Sven Gilliams 08.02.2022

In 2022 ESA's WorldCereal project is moving to the next phase, which is the global demonstration. During this global demonstration the WorldCereal..

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WatchITgrow, creating a digital twin of every field
  • Agriculture,
  • WatchITgrow®,
  • Crop monitoring,
  • European Green Deal

WatchITgrow, creating a digital twin of every field

By Jürgen Decloedt 25.11.2021

What started as a yield prediction and monitoring tool for the Belgian potato sector has grown into an open and holistic platform that supports the entire..

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Mapping crops at a global scale! What works and what doesn’t?
  • Agriculture,
  • Crop monitoring,
  • worldcereal

Mapping crops at a global scale! What works and what doesn’t?

By Kristof Van Tricht 19.07.2021

ESA WorldCereal’s challenging task is to build an open-source classification system for seasonal crop mapping at the global scale. For every 10 m X 10 m..

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WorldCereal, mapping global agriculture at field scale
  • Agriculture,
  • Crop monitoring,
  • ESA,
  • worldcereal,
  • crop mapping

WorldCereal, mapping global agriculture at field scale

By Sven Gilliams 16.11.2020

ESA’s WorldCereal project aims to develop an efficient, agile and robust EO based system for timely global crop monitoring at field scale. This is a huge..

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Satellites and drones for variable rate irrigation and fertilization
  • WatchITgrow®,
  • Crop monitoring,
  • precision agriculture,
  • POTENTIAL

Satellites and drones for variable rate irrigation and fertilization

By Pieter Janssens 26.03.2020

Efficient fertilization and irrigation are two main challenges for future crop production in Belgium, but also in other European areas with intensive..

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When the heat gets tough ...
  • Agriculture,
  • WatchITgrow®,
  • Crop monitoring,
  • EO Data,
  • Terrascope

When the heat gets tough ...

By Bart Deronde 06.08.2018

We can feel it, hear it and we can even see it from space! Europe is hit severely by a heat wave. Everybody is sharing images and comparisons of..

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My motivation to do research
  • Remote Sensing,
  • Agriculture,
  • Crop monitoring

My motivation to do research

By Laura Paladini 29.09.2017

Why do I do research? I am often asked this question, these days. Working in research is not always easy, but millions of people across the world are..

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WatchITgrow® for the future of the Belgian potato chain
  • Remote Sensing,
  • Agriculture,
  • Sentinel-2,
  • WatchITgrow®,
  • Earth observation,
  • Crop monitoring,
  • Yield forecasting

WatchITgrow® for the future of the Belgian potato chain

By Jürgen Decloedt 16.03.2017
How on earth can space technology help farmers and the potato industry grow their business? Knowing what happens on every single field is the first step...
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