Satellite image analysis for peanut
Principal Investigator
Rick Brandenburg
Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
rick_brandenburg@ncsu.edu
Co-PIs
David Jordan
Department of Crop and Soil Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
david_jordan@ncsu.edu
David Lobell
Center of Food Security and the Environment, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
Collaborators
Jeremy Venable
Malawi Agricultural Diversity Project
Lilongwe, Malawi
Dominic Reisig
Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
Wezi Mhango,
Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Crop and Soil Sciences Department, Lilongwe, Malawi
wmhango@bunda.luanar.mw
Examining the utility of satellite-based assessments in a maize/peanut agroecosystem for estimated crop response in Malawi
Area of inquiry: Value-added Gains
Country focus: Malawi
Project length: Three years
Budget: $175,000
This project assesses the potential for using satellite imagery to determine a number of important cropping components for peanuts in smallholder farms. The information gained from satellite imaging could ultimately be linked with the decision risk tools to improve decision making and the deployment of actions to maximize yields and minimize aflatoxin contamination. GPS field coordinates, yield and crop quality data from several hundred smallholder farms will be submitted annually to collaborators at Stanford University for analysis of satellite images to estimate plant responses to achieve the project’s objective of assessing the potential benefit of using satellite imagery.
