Estimating agricultural production by the use of satellite information: an experiment with laotian data

Extract: Developing countries need information on the level and composition of agricultural production. existing methods of measuring the level of agricultural activity leave much to be desired when applied to LDC's. the use of satellite data can make an important contribution to the speed with...

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Published in:American journal of agricultural economics 1977-11, Vol.59 (4), p.722-727
Main Authors: Hooley, R, Hoffer, R, Morain, S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agricultural land
agriculture
Artificial satellites
Crop production
Crops
Developing countries
Estimate reliability
Estimation methods
information needs
Landsat
Lowlands
production economics
Production estimates
remote sensing
satellites
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Summary:Extract: Developing countries need information on the level and composition of agricultural production. existing methods of measuring the level of agricultural activity leave much to be desired when applied to LDC's. the use of satellite data can make an important contribution to the speed with which data on area under cultivation are available, to improved cost effectiveness, and hence to a shortening of the length of the reporting period. relatively simple, manual interpretation techniques can be utilized to provide many LDC's with methods that are relatively cheap and that do not require the availability of very highly specialized computer processing capabilities.
ISSN:0002-9092
1467-8276
DOI:10.2307/1239400