Project Description

The global climate crisis has made food security an urgent concern. Climate change is disrupting weather patterns, leading to more frequent and severe extreme weather events like droughts, floods, heatwaves, and storms. Additionally, the emergence of new strains of pathogens and pests, along with plants developing resistance to pesticides, complicates the management of biotic stressors in agriculture. They can devastate crop yields in many regions and can lead to significant economic losses for local farmers. In response to these multifaceted challenges, sustainable and resilient farming practices have become increasingly vital. The integration of advanced remote sensing technologies with data analytics is positioned to play a pivotal role in addressing global food security challenges.

EO4Cerealstress project will undertake a feasibility study and develop Earth Observation (EO) based products to understand and monitor the effects of individual and multiple stressors on cereal crops. It will provide a scientific roadmap for the future development of EO products and techniques for monitoring multiple crop stressors.

Target Stressors: Heat stress, Salinity, Toxicity, Water stress, Crop Lodging, Pests, Nutrient Stress

The project will focus on monitoring multiple crop stressors simultaneously. It will create a range of EO products by leveraging synergistic use of multi-source Earth Observation (EO) and in-situ data to monitor crop stressors.