DEMO 05 · SPACE FOR FOOD

Field Shift — Adapting Farms

Use satellite-style observations to compare how changing environmental conditions could affect crop choices.

Spacey's briefing

Space technology can help with problems on the ground. Earth-observing satellites reveal crop distribution, vegetation health, land temperature and water use over huge areas.

Need to move on? You can skip Chapter 5, but Spacey will remember that you skipped it.

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Food from space dataSatellite observations help monitor where crops grow and how fields change.

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Water mattersWater availability can strongly influence crop health and yield.

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Local knowledgeSatellite measurements support farmers; they do not replace field experience.

Satellite field conditions

Soil moisture62%

Average temperature27°C

Monthly rainfall180 mm

Vegetation health78%

WATCH & UNDERSTAND

Landsat: Farming Data From Space

NASA's Landsat satellites have built a decades-long record of Earth's land. This video shows how satellite data supports crop and water monitoring.

Video source: NASA Goddard on YouTube. It plays inside this page when internet access is available.