Assessment of drought impact on rice production in Indonesia by satellite remote sensing and dissemination with web-GIS

ICALRD of IAARD - Ministry of Agriculture (MoA)

In Indonesia, drought disasters have been occurring frequently in recent years as possibly as impact of climate change. Though drought is a gradual disaster, drought can have devastating effects on agriculture and water supplies, but monitoring and forecasts can allow people to take necessary action to avert the destruction. Effect on agriculture, specifically rice production in Asia can take large toll due to drought impact if appropriate and timely actions are not planned. This regard, an early warning of onset of a drought would be very useful in the planning stage of agricultural development settings. To this point, agricultural monitoring techniques using appropriate tools to find out actual ground surface information in the relatively short time are very important. Further analysis on such data and information would be incorporated in the current agricultural development planning. The objective of this prototype is the followings;