Strengthening agricultural decisions in countries at risk of food insecurity: The GEOGLAM Crop Monitor for Early Warning
Elsevier
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Highlights: Crop Monitor provides consensus crop assessments for countries at risk. The goal is to reduce ambiguity in crop assessments for food security decisions. Achieved through international coordination sharing of data, methods and expertise Earth Observations play a key role in early warning especially in countries at risk. Early warning of reduced production is key component of SDG2 Zero Hunger.
Author:
Brian Barker, Christina Justice, Felix Rembold, Inbal Becker-Reshefa, Mario Zappacosta, Michael Laurence Humber, Mike Budde, Rogerio Bonifacio, Tamuka Magadzire
Theme/Sector:
Crops and Crop Yields, Early Warning Systems, Food and Agriculture, Food Security
Year
2019
