Category: Agriculture

Human geographer Ola Hall and sociologists Göran Djurfeldt run a project where they use drone images to understand variations in crop yield.

Drone images could solve African farming mystery

The key to increased well-being in Africa lies in improving small scale farming – at least if you want to see improvements within a foreseeable future, according to Göran Djurfeldt. Together with Ola Hall, he has now launched a project using drones to understand why harvests vary so much from...

Grazing land in the Brazilian rainforest

Rainforest converted into grazing land

The river visible on the image forms the border between the western Brazilian province of Acre (left), and the north-western Bolivian departement of Pando (right). The difference in land use is striking. Brazil has opened up this part of the rainforest to agriculture, predominantly cattle farming, which creates a herringbone...