NASA | Science for a Hungry World: Part 2

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Episode two reveals why a space-based perspective is crucial to understanding how the food supply is distributed around the world. Satellites can reveal how many fields have been planted and how a crop is growing, providing a way to predict how much of a give commodity will be available at harvest. Governments and aid agencies around the world use this information to help them make informed decisions about food prices and trade and the possible need for aid long before harvest. The organizations that use NASA data include the United States Department of Agricultures Foreign Agricultural Service and USAID's Famine Early Warning System Network.

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• space
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• agriculture
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• vegetation
• earth
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• aid

[khunopie]

My mommy used to tell me that kellogs Fruit Loops are made out of dust from the rings of Saturn

[selearemus]

nasa i want a tour of area 51.

[trippemallory]

This is so inspiring.. Thank you for sharing this.

[whoisbid]

@skullhoof I agree

[skullhoof]

Data are useless if people choose to be indifferent.

[fabioptorres]

Houston: We have a problem!!!

[sentryclothes]

why is ron paul an idiot?

[StefanAxelWels]

I just gues , I don´t believe this satelites make water or better soil. NASA seems like some pravda.

[crimsoncoin]

Hey, This needs to be a response to your part one, use the link, its more fun that way.lol

[JanusHorus]

Interestingly,they show CORN,pricipal ressource of ethanol.I wish I could laugh