卫星数据助力粮食系统转型

Satellite data can be used to increase yields and improve sustainability in smallholder agricultural systems Meha Jain C limate change is disrupting biological systems across the globe, from the bleaching of coral reefs to shifting habitat ranges. Agricultural ecosystems essential to humanity are projected to be one of the systems most negatively affected by climate change. Simultaneously, climate change is exacerbat- ing the environmental impacts of agriculture (1). Actionable solutions that reduce the effects of climate change, increase food production, and enhance environmental sustainability are urgently needed. Through household surveys across Northern India, my research group and I discovered that as temperatures warm, farmers are in- creasing the amount of groundwater irrigation that they use (2). …