Advances in crop yield assessment in the Sahel using remote sensing data

Special issue. Agriculture - systems - landscapes - resources

Auteurs :
SCHULTZ RASMUSSEN, M.
MØRCH, H.

Description :
This paper aims at assessing the present state of satellite remote sensing assessment of crop yields in the Sahel in the supprot of economic planing as well as natural resource management at a national level. Experiences from Senegal have shown that a linear relation can be established between millet grain yield collected in the field and vegetation index data, NDVI, integrated during the period where the millet grains are produced. Furthermore, a second objective is to highlight the advantages associated with remote sensing crop yield monitoring.


Type de document :
Article de monographie

Source :
Geografisk tidsskrift, issn : 0016-7223, 1999, vol. 1, p. 165-170, Références bibliographiques : 30 ref.

Date :
1999

Editeur :
Pays édition : Danemark, København, Kongelige danske geografiske selskab