Leveraging Big Data and Emerging Technologies for Agricultural Land Monitoring and Management
A special issue of Land (ISSN 2073-445X). This special issue belongs to the section "Land – Observation and Monitoring".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2025 | Viewed by 112
Special Issue Editors
Interests: land use and land cover change; agricultural land system; sustainable agriculture
Interests: land use change monitoring; land use change effect; land use spatial allocation
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Interests: large-scale crop monitoring and forecasting; carbon monitoring; vegetation remote sensing; global climate change
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Agricultural land accounts for 37% of Earth’s land area and is a vital resource for food production, biodiversity, economic benefits, and climate mitigation. According to the United Nations’ projections, the world population will reach 9.8 billion by 2050, an increase of 2.2 billion compared to today's population. To meet the demands of this booming population, food production is expected to increase by 70%. This significant demand, coupled with the limited availability of agricultural land, presents challenges to sustainability. Therefore, accurate and real-time data and information on agricultural land systems are critical for ensuring food security and promoting sustainable agriculture.
In recent years, rapid advancements in technology and the availability of big data from diverse platforms have provided an opportunity to extract valuable data and information for monitoring and managing agricultural land. By leveraging remote sensing, GeoAI, machine learning, and ground observations, the research community and farmers can collaborate to optimize resource usage, improve crop yields, mitigate climate change impacts, and ensure sustainable agricultural practices and food security.
The goal of this Special Issue is to collect papers (original research articles and review papers) focusing on recent advances in the application of the latest technologies and data for monitoring and managing agricultural land, as well as the opportunities presented by these advancements and the challenges encountered in their implementation.
This Special Issue will welcome manuscripts that link the following themes:
- Agricultural land (including cropland and pastureland) change mapping and monitoring;
- Crop type identification and mapping;
- Crop yield/production estimation and prediction;
- Crop growth stage identification (planting/harvested/silking date, etc.);
- Crop health assessment;
- Pastureland degradation and management;
- Pastureland production;
- Remote sensing of agricultural land management practices;
- Impacts of agricultural land management on production;
- Agricultural land use intensity and sustainability;
- Climate-smart agriculture;
- Advanced technology: 3S, GeoAI, machine learning, data fusion techniques, airborne- or UAV- based hyperspectral images, street-view technology, etc.
We look forward to receiving your original research articles and reviews.
Dr. Fang Liu
Dr. Erqi Xu
Dr. Xiaocui Wu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- agriculture
- land management
- big data
- GeoAI
- remote sensing
- climate change
- sustainability
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