Remote sensing as a monitoring tool for cropping area determination in smallholder agriculture in Tanzania and Uganda

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)-based remote sensing technology is a game changer in the gathering of agricultural statistics data. Relatively low-cost platforms, coupled with high quality sensors and sophisticated-yet-user-friendly processing techniques allows gathering of accurate crop statistics da...

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Autor principal: International Potato Center
Formato: Brief
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148930
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Sumario:Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)-based remote sensing technology is a game changer in the gathering of agricultural statistics data. Relatively low-cost platforms, coupled with high quality sensors and sophisticated-yet-user-friendly processing techniques allows gathering of accurate crop statistics data at large extent, with minimal effect of clouds.