Monday, August 4th, 2014
Over the last two years, the agriculture ministry used data and images provided by European satellites to improve agriculture and forest management. (Viet Nam's satellites will begin providing data for commercial and economic purposes in 2017.) Satellite...
Sunday, June 29th, 2014
Rice farmers around the world face a variety of challenges, with smallholder farms being particularly vulnerable to the risks of drought, flooding, and pests. The world has grown accustomed to hearing about calls for donations after natural...
Thursday, September 29th, 2011
For the first time, the Indian Sugar Mills Association (Isma), along with the National Federation of Cooperative Sugar Factories (NFCSF), is working to gather data on sugarcane acreage and yield with the help of satellite mapping. The...
Sunday, December 26th, 2010
ISRO plans to sending three satellites on board the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle early next year. The vehicle would carry the Resourcesat-II, Youth Sat, a satellite developed by students of Singapore University, and X-SAT. Resourcesat-2 is intended...
