Sunday, July 20th, 2014
Indian Institute of Soil Science has developed GIS based soil fertility maps of 19 states using data of different soil testing laboratories in the country. The assessment revealed that about 59, 49 and 9% soils are low...
Thursday, June 12th, 2014
The Department of Soil Survey and Soil Conservation is geared up to launch a Web-based information system that will provide them with scientific inputs for better agricultural planning and resource management. The system is designed to help...
Thursday, February 6th, 2014
The Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) in coordination with the Department of Agrarian Reform recently conducted mapping and soil-sampling on the proposed site for Sugarcane Block Farming Project of DAR and SRA in Polangui, Albay. “To map out...
Wednesday, November 27th, 2013
Venezuela's first Earth-observation spacecraft is also China's first export of a high-resolution optical-imaging spacecraft. The 880-kg (1,940-lb.) Venezuelan Remote-Sensing Satellite 1 (VRSS-1) was launched Sept. 29, 2012, on a Chinese Long March 2D rocket (see photo) and...
Tuesday, April 30th, 2013
Supergeo announced that the Rural and Regional Development of Kedah State Development Corporation, Malaysia purchased SuperSurv 3.1, the Android-powered mobile GIS software, to improve field operations for facilitating long-term land use and agricultural plans and the balanced...
Wednesday, May 16th, 2012
Hemisphere GPS today announced the new AgJunction Mobile for iOS, an enhancement to AgJunction®, its precision agriculture data services platform. AgJunction Mobile is an in-field data collection system featuring GPS-enabled boundary mapping and soil sampling. To take...
Monday, December 26th, 2011
The interdisciplinary research project CRC TR32: “Patterns in Soil-Vegetation-Atmosphere-Systems: Monitoring, Modelling and Data Assimilation” works on matter fluxes between soil, vegetation and atmosphere (SVA) on a regional scale. In this regard, high quality land use data is...
Friday, November 4th, 2011
The book deals with several aspects of soil erosion, focusing on its connection with the agricultural world. Chapters and topics are various, ranging from irrigation practices to soil nutrient, land use changes or tillage methodologies. The book...
Saturday, October 1st, 2011
Combining remote sensing technology with water and soil conservation techniques can help raise crop yields in South Asia, scientists have reported. Satellite data can help identify specific problems on farmlands such as moisture shortage, excessive soil wetness...
Thursday, May 12th, 2011
During the past week Cambodia and the United Nations met together to discuss issues related to land degradation and desertification. Cambodia is a signatory to the United Nations Convention to combat Decertification (UNCCD) and the country currently 30 projects...
