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Application of Space Pictures IKONOS for Agricultural Monitoring



On the basis of satellite images maps of agricultural land in the scale 1:10000 are developed. Analyzing these maps, farmers have an opportunity to determine condition of agricultural lands and elaborate measures necessary for increasing of cotton, wheat and etc productivity. According to satellite images very salty or sandy soils which productivity is rather low are selected and deduced from agricultural production. The satellteimage of one of the rayons of Bayaut region of Syrdarya province is presented on fig. 1.


Fig. 1. An example of use of Ikonos satellite images for agricultural monitoring.

The territories with very salty soils which are necessary to deduce from agricultural production are shown on the right. By present time works in two rayons with total area of 2000 square kilometers were realized. by 2005 it is planned to lead similar works on all irrigated area of four provinces of the republic of Uzbekistan with total area over 30000 square kilometers.

Using of remote sensing materials (first of all the results of non-simultaneous polyzonal shooting of the same territories) will allow in the future to solve the following problems:
  • Dynamic estimation of condition of crops on phases of vegetation (a degree of maturing);
  • Forecasting of productivity and definition of terms of maturing of crops for greater areas;
  • Estimation and control of dynamics of course of seasonal agricultural works;
  • Control over influence of agricultural activity on an ecological condition of environment, etc.;
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