Durham, New Hampshire-based Applied GeoSolutions’ Rice Decision Support System could help areas like the Philippines’ famed Banaue Rice Terraces, shown here, which dried up completely in 2010.
Rice is one of the most heavily produced food crops in the world, but it is one of the most difficult to predict, with yields often depending on weather. The Philippines’ famed Banaue Rice Terraces, pictured here, dried up completely in 2010. Durham, New Hampshire-based Applied GeoSolutions’ Rice Decision Support System, which it developed with NASA funding, will use satellite imagery to make more accurate predictions, helping to stabilize the world’s rice markets.
To learn more about this spinoff, visit: http://spinoff.nasa.gov/Spinoff2016/ps_1.html
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