US-Serbian cooperation to use satellite imagery for the improvement of Serbian water and land resource utilization
This is Major Tom to Ground Control: The Danube looks very different today
The Novi Sad-based BioSense Institute, in cooperation with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the University of Grand Valley, the Michigan State, and Technological Universities, is developing a system for the monitoring and rational use of water resources and land in Serbia.
The the new project will help Serbian agriculture cope with climate change and it will also aid in the rational utilization use of water resources and land.
“Together with our American colleagues, we will analyze satellite images of Vojvodina, trying to answer the question of how climate change will affect domestic agriculture and the environment, and what is it specifically that we can do to increase production efficiency and maintain biodiversity,” said the Assistant Director for Innovation and Cooperation with the Economy, Oskar Marko.
The BioSense Institute warned that unpredictable summer precipitation leads to a change in water levels, which are declining in the Southern Danube basin, despite periodic oscillations. In order for the agricultural sector to adapt to climate change in the right way, it is important to understand the trends in agriculture, on the basis of which seedtime can be changed, sowing and harvesting dates shifted, and the duration of the agricultural season adjusted, the Institute points out.
It has been announced that the project will end in 2024, and the collected information will be available on the website at Biosense | Projects.
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