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Geo-spatial information and remote sensing for crop
production and environmental care
Dr. Hanns-Christoph Eiden
German Federal Office for Agriculture and Food
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Introduction: Geo-information in Agriculture
Most of the agricultural activities are area related and have a spatial reference
Use of geo-information in the European agriculture is quite common
Requirement of R&D for a wider use of geospatial data still exists
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Provision of equipment, fertilizer and plant protection
Products, seeds, irrigation systems
International Organizations
EU
Food production
Construction and equipment Companies
Administration
Farmers & Associations Agricultural enterprises
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CAP
Nat. GOV.
Food Sec. & price stability
Precision farming
Nature & Climate Protection
Content
Consumers
Fertilizer and Plant protection Industry
Trading Companies & Retailer
Farmers and Associations, Agricultural
Industry
EU and National
Authorities
InternationalOrganizations
Precision and Smart Farming
Subsidies
Environmental commitments
CAP
INSPIRE
COPERNICUS
GEO-GLAM
Precision Farming
Precise management of heterogeneous agricultural areas
Measurement and evaluation of intra-field variations of crop and soil parameter
Adjustment of agricultural measures according to the different needs of field sectors: precise inputs at the right time and place
Several benefits
Protection of environment based on precise targeting of agrochemicals
Improvement of efficiency of farming, increase of yield, saving of time, labor and costs
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Precision Farming
German studies:
Precision farming leads to significant saving of fertilizers and pesticides
Higher acceptance by farmers in eastern parts of Germany, probably due to bigger farming companies
Due to additional equipment costs precision farming is only feasible for farms with 300 -400 ha of acreage
For management of complex data and techniques training and competence of farmers is required
Further technical development: Smart Farming
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Control of the EU agricultural aid payments
Long history of using geo-information and remote sensing for the control of agricultural aid payments
Determination of area size (perimeter measurement)
GNSS devices (validated or certified accuracy ≤ 1.5 m)
Since 1993: remote sensing, i.e. 20 years of controls with remote sensing in Germany
satellite imagery (about 0.5 – 5 m resolution)
aerial imagery (about 0.2 m resolution)
Since 2005: mandatory introduction of GIS as managing tool for administration
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Control of the EU agricultural aid payments
Capabilities of remote sensing
Determination of size, land cover, location of areas and relevant changes
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Advantages of remote sensing: quick staff saving cost-efficient reliable and accurate
Limits of remote sensing: weather sun zenith angle crown coverundergrowth
Control of the EU agricultural aid payments
Further needs - new requirements - new challenges
Greening
Cross Compliance
Agri-environment-climate
measures
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INSPIRE
aimed at the establishment of an INfrastructure for SPatial InfoRmation in Europe
leads to interoperability of spatial data sets and services throughout the EU
supports the formulation and implementation of the EU environmental policy
data accessible in principle to any citizen
Directive 2007/2/EC (implemented by EU member states)
Implementing EU regulations
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INSPIRE
Examples for INSPIRE spatial data themes (34 themes in total)
Land cover
Land use
Habitats and biotopes
Species distribution
Step-by-step implementation is scheduled and will be completed in 2020
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INSPIRE
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Spatial data infrastructures of all European Member
States
German Geo-Portal GDI-DE
Geo-Portals of the German Federal States
metadatadiscovery services
view servicesdownload services
transformation services
INSPIRE Geo-Portal
Copernicus
aimed at the establishment of a European capacity for earth observation
supports the development of environmental policies
collection of data from multiple sources:
Earth observation satellites (5 specially developed Sentinel missions and about 30 contributing missions)
In situ sensors, e.g. ground stations
data accessible in principle to any citizen
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Copernicus
Monitoring services:
Land, climate change, weather, atmosphere, marine, emergency/security
Opportunity to develop value added services based on these so called “core services”
German projects DeCOVER, DeSECURE and DeMARINE concerning value added land, security and marine services.
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Monitoring services:
Land, climate change, weather, atmosphere, marine, emergency/security
Opportunity to develop value added services based on these so called “core services”
German projects DeCOVER, DeSECURE and DeMARINE concerning value added land, security and marine services.
GEO-GLAM
International initiative for global agricultural monitoring with Earth observation and GIS technologies, agricultural and meteorological expertise and information
Support of G 20’s Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS)
Objective: enhance international capacity to produce and disseminate
relevant, accurate and timely forecast of agricultural production
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Conclusion
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Eradication of malnutrition and starvation are huge challenges, food production has to be increased due to rapid growth of population
Sustainable agriculture such as precision farming is required to preserve the environment
Use of geo-information systems and Earth observation techniques help to
monitor real-time changes of agricultural production,
predict crop requirements,
estimate yield and support early-warning-systems for harvest losses
Great effort is undertaken within the EU and worldwide to enhance agricultural monitoring with Earth observation
Development of common international standards for data exchange is needed
Geospatial information and remote sensing for crop
production and environmental care
Thank you for your attention!
Dr. Hanns-Christoph Eiden