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SDG 2
Geospatial satellite data provides useful information on environmental indicators that dictate crop production. Organizations such as Group on Earth Observations Global Agricultural Monitoring Initiative (GEOGLAM) use this data to forecast agricultural yields at national, regional, and global levels9 and provide a public good of open, timely, science-driven information on crop conditions. Early warning of reduced agricultural production is a key component of achieving SDG 2: Zero hunger.10
The interactive GEOGLAM data exploration
tool delivers transparent, multisource consensus reports on global crop conditions when users click locations on the map.
The synthesis maps provide a simplified over- view of current global crop conditions. The cropped area displayed in the synthesis map is the total area of all crops, depending on the community of focus, depicted according to the observed crop condition categories.
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