Michael E Budde, Et al

Agriculture and Food Availability
Remote Sensing of Agriculture for Food Security Monitoring in the Developing World

For one-sixth of the world’s population – roughly 1 billion children, women and men – growing, buying or receiving adequate, affordable food to eat is a daily uncertainty. The World Monetary Fund reports that food prices worldwide increased 43 percent in 2007-2008, and unpredictable growing conditions make subsistence farming, on which many depend, a risky business. Scientists with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) are part of a network of both private and government institutions that monitor food security in many of the poorest nations in the world.

Michael E Budde, Et al, posted on February 8th, 2010
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