FAO Webinar Series: Earth observation data for agricultural statistics Session 3: Crop type mapping and acreage

FAO Webinar Series: Earth observation data for agricultural statistics 

Session 3: Crop type mapping and acreage
(Tuesday 4 April 2023, 15:30 – 17:00) 

The purpose of this webinar series is to raise awareness of the EOSTAT project and highlight FAO's work in building countries' capacity on the use of Earth observation data for the production of agricultural statistics, thus contributing to the modernization of national systems and protocols.
It will also discuss the main innovations introduced in the field of EO based crop statistics implemented by FAO through R&D and testing in countries in collaboration with the academia.   

These include:

1)    Standardization of EO methods to produce annual land cover/use maps
2)    Crop type mapping in the context of in-situ data scarcity
3)    Coupling of EO data with physical based crop yield modelling 

Moreover, the series will shed light on how the innovations brought by the EOSTAT offer a solution to overcome the challenges connected with the collection and predication of crop statistics (acreage and yield) using both traditional field survey-based methods and the EO based methods.
Finally, the webinar series will provide a platform to enhance collaboration and potentially mobilize resources.

On Tuesday 4 April, our special guest, Sophie Bontemps, Professor at Louvain University, will speak about crop type mapping and acreage.

For more information about the next webinars planned, please visit the dedicated page here.