Evaluation of a Satellite Drought Indicator Approach and its Potential for Agricultural Drought Prediction and Crop Loss Assessment. The Case of BEACON Project

International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Sustainable Agri-production and Environment Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI:10.1504/ijsami.2021.10042416

E. Lekakis, S. Kotsopoulos, G. Mygdakos, Agathoklis Dimitrakos, Ifigeneia-Maria Tsioutsia, Polimachi Simeonidou

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BEACON is a market-led project that couples Earth Observation (EO) with weather intelligence and blockchain to deliver a toolbox for timely, costefficient and actionable insights for the Agricultural Insurance (AgI) sector. BEACON enables insurance companies to exploit the untapped market potential of AgI, while contributing to the redefinition of existing products and services. The Damage Assessment Calculator of BEACON employs remote sensing in order to improve the quality and cost-effectiveness of agri-insurance by: i) increasing the objectivity of the experts’ field inspections; ii) reducing the cost of field visits and iii) increasing farmers’ confidence in the estimation results. This paper provides an approach that employs a satellite derived agricultural drought indicator, implemented in the operational workflow of BEACON that can be used by AgI companies to improve the prediction and crop loss assessment due to drought.

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卫星干旱指标方法评价及其在农业干旱预测和作物损失评估中的潜力BEACON项目案例

BEACON是一个以市场为主导的项目，将地球观测(EO)与天气情报和区块链相结合，为农业保险(AgI)行业提供及时、高效和可操作的见解。BEACON使保险公司能够开发AgI尚未开发的市场潜力，同时有助于重新定义现有产品和服务。BEACON损害评估计算器采用遥感技术，通过提高专家实地考察的客观性，提高农业保险的质量和成本效益;2)降低实地考察的成本，3)提高农民对估算结果的信心。本文提供了一种采用卫星衍生农业干旱指标的方法，该方法在BEACON的操作流程中实现，可被AgI公司用于改进干旱预测和作物损失评估。

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