How remote sensing can help address food security around the world.

  • Released Wednesday, May 28, 2014
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When floods, droughts, and other natural disasters hit isolated and poor regions of the world, it can have devastating impacts on the local price of food. NASA Goddard research scientist Molly Brown is using satellite data to investigate and model the relationship between weather shocks and food prices in order to better address food security challenges around the world.

Food Security
In this live studio talk, Goddard research scienitist Molly Brown discusses her research on food security and how remote sensing can help lessen the impact of weather shocks.

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This page was originally published on Wednesday, May 28, 2014.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:50 PM EDT.

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  • Weather shocks and price models (ID: 2014036)
    Thursday, May 1, 2014 at 4:00AM
    Produced by - David Hon (NASA)