Guiding Farmers with NASA Satellites

  • Released Thursday, April 23, 2020
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Agriculture in Pakistan is dependent on irrigation from the Indus River, but over the years, these freshwater resources have become scarce. Today, it is one of the world’s most depleted basins. To tackle this, farmers are attempting to predict and track freshwater resources with the help of NASA satellites and cell phones.

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Music credits: “Billy” by Rob Jager [BUMA]; “Perfect Space” by Anthony Edwin Phillips [PRS], Samuel Karl Bohn [PRS]; “Games Show Spheres 07” by Anselm Kreuzer [GEMA]; “Hope Will Save Us” by Christopher John Hutchings [PRS]


Additional imagery credit: University of Washington

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