User consultation
S2 Agriculture User Consultation - Presentations
At the Sentinel-2 Agriculture user consultation 50 users and experts from Europe, Africa and America met to discuss the capabilities and benefits which Sentinel-2 observations will contribute to the agricultural sector. It was widely agreed that the Sentinel-2 mission is particular well suited for agricultural applications such as crop area and status mapping in the frame of food security or precision agriculture. Specifically the potential of the high temporal revisit (5 days with 2 satellites) at 10 meter resolution was highlighted as a key feature for agricultural monitoring. Several recommendations for dedicated algorithm and tools development as well as demonstration needs were proposed for a future successful Sentinel-2 exploitation. These recommendations will be further consolidated in the next weeks in collaboration with the agricultural user community.
Agenda:
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9:00-9:20 |
Sentinel2-Agriculture Project - Objectives and Scope
B. Koetz & O. Arino, European Space Agency |
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9:20-9:40 |
Earth Observation for Agriculture . State of the Art
F. Baret, INRA - France |
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9:40-10:00 |
Croplands maps and growth monitoring in Africa : operational practices and current challenges addressed by the JECAM initiative
P. Defourny, UCL - Belgium |
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10:00-10:20 |
The role of moderate resolution optical data in the GEOGLAM initiative
C. Justice, University of Maryland - USA |
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10:20-10:40 |
Agricultural monitoring in Europe . the MARS project
O. Leo, Joint Research Center - European Commission |
10:40-11:00 |
Coffee Break
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11:00-11:20 |
Agricultural monitoring in Africa Tesfaye Korme, Regional Center for Mapping of Resources for Development (RMCRD) - Kenya |
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11:20-11:40 |
EO requirements for Agricultural Monitoring in SADC T. Newby, Agricultural Research Council - South Africa |
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11:40-12:00 |
FAO Global Information and Early Warning System on Food and Agriculture (GIEWS) - The role of remote sensing in global, regional and national food security monitoring
P. Racionzer & S. Ahmed, Food and Agriculture Organization |
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12:00-12:20 |
Uses of EO data for WFP operations - possible roles for Sentinel-2
R. Bonifacio, World Food Programme |
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12:20-12:40 |
Remote Sensing Support to Famine Early Warning: Prospects for Uptake of Sentinel-2 Observations and Products
M. Budde & J. Verdin, USADI/USGS . USA |
12:40-14:00 |
Lunch Break
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14:00-14:20 |
Activities in the frame of rural development and food security - Federal Office for Agriculture and Food
H. Knipschild, Federal Office for Agriculture and Food (BLE) - Germany |
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14:20-14:40 |
EO requirements for irrigation in Portugal
J. NuncióENAREF (National Federation of Farmers Irrigation Associations) - Portugal |
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14:40-15:00 |
Current use and potential of satellite imagery for crop production management. The vision of ARVALIS after 10 years of experience
B. Desolan, ARVALIS - France |
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15:00-15:20 |
EO Discrimination of organic from conventional management between dream and reality
P. Ott, Ecocert SA - France |
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15:20-16:00 |
Discussion, Consolidation User Requirements & Planning of Next Steps Facilitated by ESA |
