Earth ID: 10491

Science For a Hungry World: NASA's Partners

Released on September 30, 2009

Every day, NASA collects information vital to food production all over the world. This information is a valuable asset. NASA's mission: to give it away for free. With the data they collect, teams of NASA researchers and their partners at the USDA Foreign Agriculture Service, USAID Famine Early Warning Network (FEWS NET), NOAA, and several major universities including the University of Maryland, work to increase crop yields, ease famine, and keep the global agricultural system functioning.

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Credits

Megan Willy (IRC/UMBC): Animator
Ivy Flores (IRC/UMBC): Animator
Jefferson Beck (UMBC): Video Editor
Chris Justice (University of Maryland): Interviewee
Molly Brown (NASA/GSFC): Interviewee
Inbal Becker Reshef (University of Maryland): Interviewee
Gary Eilerts (United States Agency for International Development): Interviewee
Curt Reynolds (USDA): Interviewee
Brad Doorn (NASA/HQ): Interviewee
Jefferson Beck (UMBC): Narrator
Jefferson Beck (UMBC): Producer
Assaf Anyamba (UMBC): Scientist
Jamal Smith (HTSI): Videographer
Jefferson Beck (UMBC): Writer

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Terra

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Terra/MODIS/NDVI

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Narrated Movies
NASA and Agriculture - Edited Features
Goddard Shorts

Goddard TV Tape:
G2009-086 -- NASA & Agriculture podcast episode 2 NASA & Its Partners

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SVS >> HDTV
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SVS >> Remote Sensing
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Agriculture
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Agriculture >> Food Science
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Agriculture >> Agricultural Plant Science >> Crop/Plant Yields
SVS >> Hyperwall
SVS >> Edited Feature
DLESE >> Narrated
SVS >> Voice Over Talent
NASA Science >> Earth

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