FlightCom – July 2019

23 FlightCom Magazine

are able to identify problems with their

irrigation systems, improve their disease

management and in general, make better

decisions on land block management. As

a result, users have reported 10%-30%

improvements in their water use efficiency.

FruitLook provides farmers weekly

insights in crop production and water use

during the growth season. A better informed

farmer makes better decisions in farm

resource management, which eventually

leads to more efficient water use on their

farm. As FruitLook is accessible to almost

every fruit and wine grape farmer in the

Western Cape it has the potential to improve

water use efficiency at an unprecedented

scale.

Monitoring threats to food production

using satellite imagery has allowed

thousands of South African farmers to make

informed decisions on the health of their

crops, therefore mitigating any negative

effects and improving overall yield.

The DMC Constellation provides a

cost-effective method for monitoring crop

coverage and health over large areas and

with a high frequency.

The range of biophysical parameters

output from Overland™ supports a broad

range of agricultural and land management

activities, including the improvement of

farm and water resource management.

Users can also produce additional

outputs tailored to their needs, while the

nature of data acquisition and processing

makes the service scalable to different

areas of interest or frequencies of image

acquisitions.

WATCH CROP CHANGES IN

ACTION:

Change over time in the Fraction

of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active

Radiation (FAPAR) of crops and

surrounding vegetation.

6 th JANUARY 2016

5 th MARCH 2016

8 th FEBRUARY 2016

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