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Mapping Threats to Agriculture in East Africa: Performance of MODIS Derived LST for Frost Identification in Kenya's Tea Plantations
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- United States: NASA Center for Aerospace Information (CASI), 2017.
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Abstract
- Increased prevalence of weather related hazards in eastern Africa including drought, floods, hail and frost threatening agricultural productivity. Kenya is heavily dependent on agriculture for economic growth (FAO 2013); (1) Agriculture contributed 23.5% and 21.5% of GDP in 2009 and 2010 respectively, (2) Employment to half a million households of smallholders and 150,000 on large tea estates. Tea growing in Kenya depends on stability of the weather; (1) Weather is unpredictable, (2) Frost has contributed 30% of tea leaf losses, (3) Drought has contributed 14-30%, (4) The losses are experienced between January and march - frost and dry season.
- Subjects :
- Earth Resources And Remote Sensing
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Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- NASA Technical Reports
- Notes :
- WBS 970315.0201.01.14
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- edsnas.20180006729
- Document Type :
- Report