Earth Observation Data for Agricultural Statistics – Joint FAO and Global Network Webinar

Описание: During this Joint Global Network and FAO Webinar on Earth Observation Data for Agricultural Statistics Lorenzo De Simone and Pietro Gennari provided us with an overview of the EOSTAT project. This webinar was the first in a Webinar Series on Earth Observation (EO) Data for Agricultural Statistics organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) from March to May which will raise awareness of the EOSTAT project and will highlight FAO's work in building countries' capacity on the use of earth observation data for the production of agricultural statistics.

The speakers gave some high-level insights of the main innovations introduced in the field of EO-based crop statistics implemented by FAO through R&D and testing in countries in collaboration with the academia, including the 1) Standardization of EO methods to produce annual land cover/use maps; 2) Crop type mapping in the context of in-situ data scarcity; and 3) Coupling of EO data with physical based crop yield modelling. Pietro and Lorenzo gave an overview of how the innovations brought by the EOSTAT offer a solution to overcome the challenges connected with the collection and predication of crop statistics (acreage and yield) using both traditional field survey-based methods and the EO-based methods. They also spoke about how the FAO webinar series will provide a platform to enhance collaboration and potentially mobilize resources. For more information about the webinar series go to the event page: https://www.fao.org/statistics/events...

The Global Network of Data Officers and Statisticians aims to improve coordination and collaboration among peers and organizations, to connect existing but not necessarily well-connected networks and initiatives, and to provide and share information on capacity building efforts globally. In the framework of the Global Network UNSD organizes a series of webinars. For more information visit our Global Network Information Pages at https://unstats.un.org/capacity-devel... .