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A first look at Asia using Sentinel-1A satellite imagery

Sentinel-1A, a radar imaging satellite, is an important tool for rice mapping and monitoring. It can provide detailed information on Asia’s rice crop, such as planted area, seasonality, cropping intensity, and damaged area due to floods or drought, as well as information on rice crop growth. ...

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What kind of rice do consumers want?

About a third of the world’s rice is produced and consumed in South Asia. By 2035, about 194 million tons (source: IRRI Global Rice Model [2014]) of...

Rice on the move

Shifts in the center of rice area in China from 1981 to 2010 for annual (red), single-cropped (blue), and double-cropped rice (green). Understanding and...

Defining inland valleys in sub-Saharan Africa

MAP OF central Benin showing the assessed inland valley areas (red) and the digitized inland valley sections (bluish black) from the IMPETUS database superimposed...

Mapping opportunities to increase productivity in coastal Bangladesh

Extrapolation domain map for shrimp-rice cultivation In the coastal polder zone of Bangladesh, satisfying food demand and improving the livelihoods of...

Mapping rice in Africa

Rice classification of rice (green) and late rice (orange) superimposed on a Google Earth image. The green dots are field verification points of rice. Remote...

Satellite images map rice damage from Typhoon Haiyan

Satellite images showing flooded rice farms and buildings that were damaged by Typhoon Haiyan (local name Yolanda) in the northeastern part of Leyte Province...

Mapping the crop of the future

C4 plants such as maize and sorghum have more efficient photosynthesis than C3 plants. The photosynthesis in C3 plants such as rice is not as efficient...

A year in the life of rice

Progression of rice crop in Luzon, Philippines   Where? When? How much? These are some of the most frequently asked questions about rice cultivation...

The when and where of rice

Global rice areas produced more than 690 million tons of rough rice in 2012.1 If we divide this by the number of seconds in a year, then—on average—nearly...

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