Innovators III SMELLS

Innovators III SMELLS

activity - Thu, 13/06/2019 - 14:11

Integration of Soil Moisture in desert locust preventive control systems

SMELLS has implemented an innovative approach to combine Sentinel-1 SAR data with thermal disaggregated SMOS-derived soil moisture to derive a soil moisture product at both high-spatial and high-temporal resolution to provide a new tool for decision-makers in the Desert locust preventive control system. SMELLS has been developed and demonstrated together with FAO and several national locust entities in West Africa.

Target:

2.1 End hunger and ensure access by all people ... to safe, nutritious and sufficient food all year round

2.3 Double the agricultural productivity and incomes of small-scale food producers ...

2.4 Ensure sustainable food production systems and implement resilient agricultural practices that increase productivity and production ... that improve land and soil quality

15.8 Introduce measures to prevent the introduction and ... reduce the impact of invasive alien species on land and water ecosystems & control or eradicate the priority species

Organization:

ESA

Directorate:

EOP

Keywords:

Africa

Agriculture