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Landsat helps bolster food security

August 24, 2016

One of the cruelest, most complex narratives in the world today (2019) is written in the hunger of sub-Saharan Africa. When famine is the only yield from the scorched Earth, survival often depends on a heart-rending calculation—how far is the distant feeding center and how close is the nearest well?

Publication Year 2016
Title Landsat helps bolster food security
DOI 10.3133/fs20163060
Authors
Publication Type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Series Title Fact Sheet
Series Number 2016-3060
Index ID fs20163060
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse
USGS Organization Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center