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Food and satellites: Keeping an eye on food production

ESApod, audio and video from space by ESA Web Portal Staff

Dec 2, 200800:04:37Science & Medicine

Data on the climate and vegetation cover collected by ESA’s Earth observation satellites are proving to be an invaluable tool to fight food scarcity. With the aid of Earth observation data, the Food and Agriculture Organ...

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Food and satellites: Keeping an eye on food production is an episode from ESApod, audio and video from space by ESA Web Portal Staff. Data on the climate and vegetation cover collected by ESA’s Earth observation satellites are proving to be...

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