Soil Moisture in Brazil

An often under-looked, but agronomically significant entity is soil moisture and how far it affects the crop growth, livestock and the country,  it is one of the important components for the growth of the Crop. Knowledge of spatio-temporal variation of soil moisture is of utmost importance as it helps in understanding the health of...

High resolution NDVI over a farm in Karnataka

Normalized Difference Index(NDVI) in a simple metric indicates the health of green vegetation. It is a widely used index to monitor vegetation. NDVI ranges from -1 to +1, with NDVI value close to zero means less or no vegetation and close to +1 (0.8 – 0.9) indicates the highest possible density of green leaves....

As Floods and droughts becomes a never ending story: “4 water” concept is the need of the hour

First published on September 11, 2018 Water apart from being an intrinsic hydrologic component also plays a crucial role in supporting socioeconomic growth and food security. Conserving and proper monitoring of these resources hence is a necessity. Extreme weather events such as droughts and floods have now become the new “normal”thing. Poor water management...

Can Agricultural yield be predicted?

First published on October 20, 2018 With the increase in population, demand for food is also increasing. The critical challenges in attaining food security include the adverse climatic changes and diminishing agricultural yield due to several factors such as shortage of water, pests, and other diseases. The prediction of crop yield in near real-time...

Parched basin of Godavari river: Agriculture in a tight spot?

First published on September 11, 2018 The Godavari river flows through the states of Maharashtra (48.6%), Telangana (18.8%), Andhra Pradesh (4.5%), Chhattisgarh (10.9%), Madhya Pradesh (10.0%), Odisha (5.7%), Karnataka (1.4%) and Puducherry (Yanam) and joins Bay of Bengal. The Godavari basin receives its maximum rainfall during the Southwest monsoon.. The average soil moisture map...