Bulletins:
University of Southampton and ITC presented in EO for Agriculture Under Pressure 2024 Workshop
13 – 17 May 2024, ESA-ESRIN Frascati, Italy – Dr. Booker Ogutu (UoS), [Investigator in EO4Cereal Stress], presented on crop stress and climate adaptation research at the EC-ESA EO4Agri Workshop , one oral and one poster presentation. Dr. Roshanak from ITC presented Machine learning-based detection of wheat lodging score using hyperspectral measurements. This workshop, organized by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (DG-RTD), focused on applications of Earth Observation for Agriculture (EO4Agri).https://eo4agri2024.esa.int/
University of Seville presented in EGU General Assembly 2024
14 – 19 April 2024, Vienna, Austria – Dr. Victor Francisco (UoSev), [Investigator in EO4Cereal Stress], presented poster on ‘Evaluation of EnMAP imagery for predictive modelling of soil salinity in highly saline soils’ at EGU 2024.https://www.egu24.eu/
University of Southampton Joins EC-ESA Joint Earth System Science Initiative Workshop
22 – 24 Nov 2023, ESA-ESRIN Frascati, Italy – EO4Cereal Stress Member, Dr. Booker Ogutu (UoS) is participating in the EC-ESA Joint Earth System Science Initiative workshop, organized by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (DG-RTD) of the European Commission (EC).
BOKU exploring water stress signals over summer wheat and maize crops in Marchfeld region
2 Oct 2023, Austria – Institute of Geomatics BOKU is monitoring water stress in wheat and maize crops. Team has conducted an analysis of climatological data, various vegetation indices, and local yield reports to identify drought and wet years.
ITC Conducts Field Campaigns Over Wheat Fields in Bonifiche Farm, Italy
29 Sep 2023, Italy – ITC conducted extensive field campaigns over 65 wheat plots in Ferrarai region of Italy. These campaigns involved the collection of numerous wheat samples, including both lodged (damaged) and healthy wheat varieties, for subsequent laboratory and field-based analysis. ITC is committed to providing lodging diagnosis through spectral signal analysis.
University of Seville Conducts Field Campaigns Over Rice Fields in Andalusia Federation Farm
22 Sep 2023, Spain – During the summer of 2023, the University of Seville organized comprehensive field campaigns over rice fields located in the Andalusia Federation Farm in Seville. These campaigns involved the collection of various types of EO and insitu data, on soil properties, phenological observations, biochemical analyses, and biophysical measurements. To achieve this, advanced drone technology and spectroradiometers were employed.