Presentation: Innovative Earth Observation solutions in support of Agricultural Insurance
Laurent Tits (PhD in Bioscience Engineering) is currently the team leader of the agricultural applications team at VITO Remote Sensing, Belgium. With his team, current agricultural applications of EO data encompass the broad range of very precise UAV data for detailed monitoring and phenotyping, up to the general monitoring of all the agricultural production areas on a global scale and everything in between. He is involved in opening agro-data for global monitoring capacities, and he initiated the recently started HE ScaleAgData project on in-situ sensor data for European-wide agro-environmental monitoring.
Earth observation is a very interesting, but rapidly evolving field, and it is sometimes hard for potential users to keep track of the most recent advances, and to see how these data can be integrated in their operations. At VITO Remote Sensing, we are at the forefront of innovative uses of EO data in an agricultural context. In this presentation, we will present insights on:
- User- friendly small drones for the easy monitoring of fields;
- Linking farmers and insurance products through the WatchItGrow platform
- Integrating your EO-products: get the data you need for your operations
- What’s on the research table: ongoing research activities that could be of benefit to the agro-insurance industry
