Remote sensing, monitoring and forecasting are of paramount importance for agricultural land and crops as more than 1,800 Indian postgraduate departments are working on the subject and it is being taught in Australia at primary education level, says a researcher.
Speaking at a seminar on ‘Remote sensing for monitoring agricultural crops and assessing soil salinity’ at the University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF) on Monday, Principal Scientific Officer of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia Dr Waqar Ahmad Khan said CSIRO was working on the same lines as Nasa in the United States. Read More
