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Book SynopsisIncreases in populations have created an increasing demand for food crops while increases in demand for biofuels have created an increase in demand for fuel crops. What has not increased is the amount of croplands and their productivity. These and many other factors such as decreasing water resources in a changing climate have created a crisis like situation in global food security. Decision makers in these situations need accurate information based on science. Remote Sensing of Global Croplands for Food Security provides a comprehensive knowledge base in use of satellite sensor-based maps and statistics that can be used to develop strategies for croplands (irrigated and rainfed) and their water use for food security.
Over 50 Multi-disciplinary Global Experts Give Insight and Provide Practical Approaches
Emphasizing practical mapping technologies based on advanced remote sensing data and methods, this book provides approaches fo
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… provides unique means for understanding and comparing different cropland mapping strategies by utilizing different satellite sensors and ancillary data sets. The chapters are well written for entry level through advanced level remote sensing or agricultural specialists, and each chapter can be read sequentially or separately. … thoroughly documents the techniques and error assessment methods utilized to develop the world's first global irrigated map derived from remote sensing data. … the numerous international authors, color plates, and national cropland statistical tables makes the book an attractive and authoritative reference for mapping global croplands from remote sensing data.
—Curt A. Reynolds, Crop Analyst, Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA, Washington, D.C., in Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing, June 2010
Table of ContentsBackground and History of Global Irrigated Area Maps (GIAM). Global Irrigated Area Mapping (GIAM) Using Remote Sensing. GIAM Mapping Section for Selected Global Regions. Evapotranspiration Models, Water Use, and Irrigated Areas. Rain-Fed Cropland Areas of the World. Methods of Mapping Croplands Using Remote Sensing. Accuracies and Errors. Way Forward in Mapping Global Irrigated and Rain-Fed Croplands.
