How remote sensing can help address food security around the world

The video discusses the use of satellite data to understand food security, focusing on the vegetation index and its role in monitoring weather impacts on food production. It highlights the components of food security: availability, access, and utilization, and presents a model developed to estimate food production and prices in regions like Niger. The challenges of infrastructure, income disparity, and market dynamics are explored, along with the implications of climate change on food security. The video concludes with future research directions and the need for better data to improve food security responses.

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