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Large Scale Applications of Machine Learning using Remote Sensing for Building Agriculture Solutions

04 March 2024 - 18 March 2024

NASA’s Applied Remote Sensing Training Program (ARSET) has opened a new open, online webinar series: Large Scale Applications of Machine Learning using Remote Sensing for Building Agriculture Solutions. Remote sensing data is becoming crucial to solve some of the most important environmental problems, especially pertaining to agricultural applications and food security. Participants will become familiar with data format and quality considerations, tools, and techniques to process remote sensing imagery at large scale from publicly available satellite sources, using cloud tools such as AWS S3, Databricks, and Parquet. Additionally, participants will learn how to analyze and train machine learning models for classification using this large source of data to solve environmental problems with a focus on agriculture. 

 

 

 

Committee on World Food Security 51

22 October 2023 - 26 October 2023
Rome

The 51st session of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS 51) will take place on the theme, ‘Making a Difference in Food Security and Nutrition’. A high-level opening ceremony will feature a discussion on strengthening coordinated policy responses to the food crisis, including consideration of the latest edition of the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report (SOFI 2023).

FAO, Committee on World Food Security (CFS)

Crop Mapping using Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and Optical Remote Sensing

03 April 2023 - 12 April 2023

NASA’s Applied Remote Sensing Training Program (ARSET) has opened a new online advanced webinar series: Crop Mapping using Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and Optical Remote Sensing. This three-part training, presented in English and Spanish, is open to the public and builds on previous ARSET agricultural trainings. Here we present more advanced radar remote sensing techniques using polarimetry and a canopy structure dynamic model to monitor crop growth. The training will also cover methods that use machine learning methods to classify crop type using a time series of Sentinel-1 & Sentinel-2 imagery. This series will include practical exercises using the Sentinel Application Platform (SNAP) and Python code written in Python Jupyter Notebooks, a web-based interactive development environment for scientific computing and machine learning.

IOS-Fair Transitions-LANDac International Conference 2023

27 June 2023 - 29 June 2023
Utrecht City Centre
Drift 25
Utrecht
Netherlands

We are happy to announce the joint IOS-Fair Transitions-LANDac International Conference at the crossroads of the fair transitions and land governance debates in the context of climate change. The conference is structured around the joint challenge of finding ways to make transitions fair and inclusive, for human and non-human life.

IOS Fair Transitions
LANDac

The 50th Session of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS)

10 October 2022 - 13 October 2022
Rome
Italy

A full-day ministerial segment on coordinating policy responses to the global food crisis; endorse newly agreed Policy Recommendations on Promoting Youth Engagement and Employment in Agriculture and Food Systems for Food Security and Nutrition; and focus on boosting responsible investment in sustainable agriculture and food system.

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Commemorating the 10th Anniversary of the CFS VGGT- Reflection on 10 years of VGGT Application

06 October 2022 - 07 October 2022
Rome, online
Italy

Open discussion between partners and the audience  on the impact of the VGGT 10 years later: what have we learned, what can we  do better, where are the evident needs, gaps, and unmet expectations.

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Land Portal Foundation

Unlocking the potential of the VGGT through Land Degradation Neutrality

13 October 2022
Virtual
Italy

This event will launch the technical guide on integrating the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forest in the context of National Food Security (VGGT) into land degradation neutrality (LDN) in all 6 UN languages, produced jointly by UNCCD and FAO.

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Land Portal Foundation
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
TMG-ThinkTank for Sustainability

Applications of Remote Sensing-Based Evapotranspiration Data Products for Agricultural and Water Resource Management

01 June 2022 - 15 June 2022

Evapotranspiration (ET) is the process by which the land surface returns water to the atmosphere in the form of moisture. ET is a very important part of the water cycle in the Earth system. It is the sum of evaporation from bare soil and transpiration from vegetation. For a given watershed, the supply of water from precipitation, surface and groundwater can be depleted via ET.

10-Year Anniversary of the CFS Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests (CFS VGGT)

27 May 2022

Secure tenure rights and equitable access to land, fisheries and forests are critical means of eradicating hunger and poverty, supporting sustainable development and enhancing the environment.

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
FAO, Committee on World Food Security (CFS)