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The Philippine Space Agency and the Department of Agriculture’s Philippine Rice Research Institute have forged a partnership to create crop-specific drought maps from satellite data to lessen the impact of the dry season on agriculture.The agreement was signed by PhilSA Deputy Director General Denis Villorente and PhilRice Executive Director John de Leon on Monday.
The agreement also seeks to maximize the use of PhilSA’s Satellite Mission Analysis, Planning, Product Enhancement and Development project, “which aims to monitor, predict, and mitigate drought impacts on agriculture through space-based technologies.”The European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service earlier said that 2024 is considered the world’s warmest year on record.Meanwhile, the recent El Niño hit 170,469 hectares of agricultural lands nationwide, data from the DA showed.
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