Geo-spatial information and remote sensing for crop production and environmental care Dr. Hanns-Christoph Eiden.

Geo-spatial information and remote sensing for crop

production and environmental care

Dr. Hanns-Christoph Eiden

German Federal Office for Agriculture and Food

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Introduction: Geo-information in Agriculture

Most of the agricultural activities are area related and have a spatial reference

Use of geo-information in the European agriculture is quite common

Requirement of R&D for a wider use of geospatial data still exists

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Provision of equipment, fertilizer and plant protection

Products, seeds, irrigation systems

International Organizations

EU

Food production

Construction and equipment Companies

Administration

Farmers & Associations Agricultural enterprises

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CAP

Nat. GOV.

Food Sec. & price stability

Precision farming

Nature & Climate Protection

Content

Consumers

Fertilizer and Plant protection Industry

Trading Companies & Retailer

Farmers and Associations, Agricultural

Industry

EU and National

Authorities

InternationalOrganizations

Precision and Smart Farming

Subsidies

Environmental commitments

CAP

INSPIRE

COPERNICUS

GEO-GLAM

Precision Farming

Precise management of heterogeneous agricultural areas

Measurement and evaluation of intra-field variations of crop and soil parameter

Adjustment of agricultural measures according to the different needs of field sectors: precise inputs at the right time and place

Several benefits

Protection of environment based on precise targeting of agrochemicals

Improvement of efficiency of farming, increase of yield, saving of time, labor and costs

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Precision Farming

German studies:

Precision farming leads to significant saving of fertilizers and pesticides

Higher acceptance by farmers in eastern parts of Germany, probably due to bigger farming companies

Due to additional equipment costs precision farming is only feasible for farms with 300 -400 ha of acreage

For management of complex data and techniques training and competence of farmers is required

Further technical development: Smart Farming

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Control of the EU agricultural aid payments

Long history of using geo-information and remote sensing for the control of agricultural aid payments

Determination of area size (perimeter measurement)

GNSS devices (validated or certified accuracy ≤ 1.5 m)

Since 1993: remote sensing, i.e. 20 years of controls with remote sensing in Germany

satellite imagery (about 0.5 – 5 m resolution)

aerial imagery (about 0.2 m resolution)

Since 2005: mandatory introduction of GIS as managing tool for administration

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Control of the EU agricultural aid payments

Capabilities of remote sensing

Determination of size, land cover, location of areas and relevant changes

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Advantages of remote sensing: quick staff saving cost-efficient reliable and accurate

Limits of remote sensing: weather sun zenith angle crown coverundergrowth

Control of the EU agricultural aid payments

Further needs - new requirements - new challenges

Greening

Cross Compliance

Agri-environment-climate

measures

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INSPIRE

aimed at the establishment of an INfrastructure for SPatial InfoRmation in Europe

leads to interoperability of spatial data sets and services throughout the EU

supports the formulation and implementation of the EU environmental policy

data accessible in principle to any citizen

Directive 2007/2/EC (implemented by EU member states)

Implementing EU regulations

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INSPIRE

Examples for INSPIRE spatial data themes (34 themes in total)

Land cover

Land use

Habitats and biotopes

Species distribution

Step-by-step implementation is scheduled and will be completed in 2020

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INSPIRE

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Spatial data infrastructures of all European Member

States

German Geo-Portal GDI-DE

Geo-Portals of the German Federal States

metadatadiscovery services

view servicesdownload services

transformation services

INSPIRE Geo-Portal

Copernicus

aimed at the establishment of a European capacity for earth observation

supports the development of environmental policies

collection of data from multiple sources:

Earth observation satellites (5 specially developed Sentinel missions and about 30 contributing missions)

In situ sensors, e.g. ground stations

data accessible in principle to any citizen

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Copernicus

Monitoring services:

Land, climate change, weather, atmosphere, marine, emergency/security

Opportunity to develop value added services based on these so called “core services”

German projects DeCOVER, DeSECURE and DeMARINE concerning value added land, security and marine services.

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Monitoring services:

Land, climate change, weather, atmosphere, marine, emergency/security

Opportunity to develop value added services based on these so called “core services”

German projects DeCOVER, DeSECURE and DeMARINE concerning value added land, security and marine services.

GEO-GLAM

International initiative for global agricultural monitoring with Earth observation and GIS technologies, agricultural and meteorological expertise and information

Support of G 20’s Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS)

Objective: enhance international capacity to produce and disseminate

relevant, accurate and timely forecast of agricultural production

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Conclusion

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Eradication of malnutrition and starvation are huge challenges, food production has to be increased due to rapid growth of population

Sustainable agriculture such as precision farming is required to preserve the environment

Use of geo-information systems and Earth observation techniques help to

monitor real-time changes of agricultural production,

predict crop requirements,

estimate yield and support early-warning-systems for harvest losses

Great effort is undertaken within the EU and worldwide to enhance agricultural monitoring with Earth observation

Development of common international standards for data exchange is needed

Geospatial information and remote sensing for crop

production and environmental care

Thank you for your attention!

Dr. Hanns-Christoph Eiden