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every day<font color="#E5E5E5"> NASA collects information</font>

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<font color="#CCCCCC">vital to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> food production</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> all over the</font>

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world<font color="#E5E5E5"> these kinds of data can help make</font>

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the<font color="#CCCCCC"> difference for some people</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> between</font>

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being able to buy<font color="#E5E5E5"> food</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> going hungry</font>

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<font color="#E5E5E5">these data help relief agencies know</font>

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where food<font color="#E5E5E5"> will be needed most</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and they</font>

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can make<font color="#CCCCCC"> the difference</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> between profits</font>

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and losses<font color="#E5E5E5"> for farmers and even entire</font>

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food production systems this information

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is a valuable asset<font color="#E5E5E5"> NASA's mission to</font>

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give it away for<font color="#CCCCCC"> free</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> by applying our</font>

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science<font color="#E5E5E5"> and applying it in a way that's</font>

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<font color="#CCCCCC">transparent</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and objective and open to</font>

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everybody<font color="#CCCCCC"> it's a great role for NASA</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> as</font>

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we want everyone<font color="#CCCCCC"> to understand and have</font>

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a level<font color="#CCCCCC"> playing field what the issues</font>

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<font color="#E5E5E5">aren't food supply</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and demand</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font>

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everyone makes<font color="#E5E5E5"> better</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> decisions</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and life</font>

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is better for<font color="#E5E5E5"> us we can't monitor from</font>

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<font color="#E5E5E5">the ground everything</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> is</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> going on</font>

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<font color="#E5E5E5">which includes vegetation rainfall sea</font>

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surface temperatures<font color="#E5E5E5"> basically the</font>

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entire biosphere<font color="#CCCCCC"> or the entire planet</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> we</font>

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<font color="#E5E5E5">process the data</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> we produce</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> specific</font>

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products that they want<font color="#E5E5E5"> customize them</font>

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to<font color="#E5E5E5"> their needs</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and we provide them with</font>

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a capability<font color="#E5E5E5"> to make sure that the data</font>

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can<font color="#E5E5E5"> be used so</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that when they make the</font>

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assessments they are using it knowing

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that<font color="#CCCCCC"> the data has actually been</font>

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scientifically proven<font color="#E5E5E5"> to be valuable</font>

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after<font color="#CCCCCC"> NASA collects this massive amount</font>

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<font color="#CCCCCC">of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> data it takes</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> strong partnership of</font>

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other<font color="#E5E5E5"> agencies and institutions</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> share</font>

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the data<font color="#E5E5E5"> and then help turn the</font>

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information<font color="#CCCCCC"> into action</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> NASA also works</font>

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with<font color="#E5E5E5"> the US Department of Agriculture</font>

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and several major universities to

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monitor the<font color="#CCCCCC"> world's food production in a</font>

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program<font color="#CCCCCC"> called</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the global agriculture</font>

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monitoring partnership it's a system

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where we<font color="#CCCCCC"> use satellite data from the</font>

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<font color="#CCCCCC">NASA</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> Modi's satellite instrument onboard</font>

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the<font color="#E5E5E5"> Earth observing satellite it's a</font>

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moderate resolution sensing system the

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bands are selected for<font color="#E5E5E5"> for agricultural</font>

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monitoring<font color="#E5E5E5"> what you're trying to</font>

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<font color="#E5E5E5">understand is</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> what are going</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> be</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font>

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supply and<font color="#E5E5E5"> demand</font>

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for food<font color="#E5E5E5"> and to locate where those</font>

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places<font color="#E5E5E5"> are so both for food security</font>

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<font color="#E5E5E5">issues for food aid and also for market</font>

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intelligence<font color="#E5E5E5"> we release our information</font>

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to<font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> public our crop estimates to the</font>

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public so that everybody has<font color="#CCCCCC"> that data</font>

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and so that farmers<font color="#E5E5E5"> can get a fair price</font>

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<font color="#E5E5E5">well ultimately you'd like to see crop</font>

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production increase for every<font color="#CCCCCC"> country</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> so</font>

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<font color="#CCCCCC">that you know all</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> countries are food</font>

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<font color="#CCCCCC">secure but for now famine remains a very</font>

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<font color="#E5E5E5">real possibility for</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> many</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> parts of the</font>

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world<font color="#E5E5E5"> though the famine early warning</font>

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systems<font color="#CCCCCC"> network uses a lot of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> satellite</font>

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remote sensing<font color="#E5E5E5"> in its analysis but it</font>

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<font color="#E5E5E5">really focuses on</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the conditions on</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font>

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ground<font color="#E5E5E5"> the social</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the political</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and the</font>

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<font color="#CCCCCC">economic conditions and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> uses remote</font>

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sensing as a critical piece of

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<font color="#E5E5E5">information about production of</font>

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agricultural products<font color="#CCCCCC"> it's really</font>

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fascinating<font color="#CCCCCC"> because</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it's very</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> much</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> one</font>

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of<font color="#CCCCCC"> those organization that brings the</font>

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social side and the biophysical side

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together<font color="#E5E5E5"> in the same analysis we</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> are</font>

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much<font color="#CCCCCC"> more able</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to be very specific</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> about</font>

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<font color="#CCCCCC">the conditions of food</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> insecurity in</font>

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some very difficult places<font color="#E5E5E5"> to to monitor</font>

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it's very<font color="#E5E5E5"> particularly evident in</font>

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countries where for a variety<font color="#CCCCCC"> of reasons</font>

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access to the ground is limited<font color="#E5E5E5"> they may</font>

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<font color="#E5E5E5">have conflict they may have bandits</font>

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there may be terrorism<font color="#E5E5E5"> in those places</font>

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satellite imagery still remains one<font color="#CCCCCC"> of</font>

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our primary<font color="#E5E5E5"> tools and one of our most</font>

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important<font color="#E5E5E5"> tools for</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> measuring food</font>

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availability<font color="#E5E5E5"> and even food access most</font>

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people don't know that<font color="#E5E5E5"> NASA satellites</font>

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<font color="#E5E5E5">provide so much data about how we grow</font>

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food on this<font color="#CCCCCC"> planet</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and that</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> with these</font>

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data teams of researchers work to

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increase<font color="#E5E5E5"> crop</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> yields</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> ease famine and</font>

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keep the global<font color="#E5E5E5"> agricultural system</font>

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functioning but NASA and its many

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partners will keep providing<font color="#E5E5E5"> this</font>

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agricultural<font color="#E5E5E5"> data so that governments</font>

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agencies farmers and food producers<font color="#CCCCCC"> can</font>

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have the<font color="#E5E5E5"> information to make the best</font>

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<font color="#CCCCCC">choices to feed the world's people</font>

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