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Satellites and crop interventions

Nature Sustainability volume 2, pages 903–904 (2019)Cite this article

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Lack of good-quality monitoring and evaluation data is a key barrier to large-scale uptake of agriculture interventions. Data from low-cost microsatellites have a strong potential to bridge this gap and promote sustainable intensification targets.

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Dash, J. Satellites and crop interventions. Nat Sustain 2, 903–904 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-019-0402-3

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