EO Data, Tools, Techniques

We all have a role in achieving Zero Hunger!

Water & EO

SDG #2 Zero Hunger

Explore the Towards Zero Hunger content map for details

Land & EO

 Learn to develop skills through hands-on experiences relevant to all food supply practices:

Food Security

the ZERO HUNGER MOOC

Forestry & Agroforestry

Food Security Risks

Radar RS 

Fishery & Aquaculture

Agriculture & Livestock

Optical RS 

Learn to take action

Welcome to 

Towards Zero Hunger will take you on a journey through the exciting world of Earth Observation (EO) showcasing the capabilities of EO to mitigate world hunger. 

EO Climate Data

Land & EO

EO Data, Tools, Techniques

Water & EO

Gain practical experience with mapping water attributes to support sustainable aqua-food production.  

Fishery & Aquaculture

EO is of great value when it comes to characterizing,  marine, coastal, and inland water areas, and monitoring water attributes like temperature, quality, chlorophyll distribution and abundance. Learn how to exploit EO data for fishery and aquaculture.

Agriculture & Livestock

Timely and reliable information on the condition of crops and grassland is of great importance for strategies towards Zero Hunger. Learn how to make use of EO to support crop cultivation and livestock keeping.

Gain practical experiences with crop- and grazeland mapping and monitoring, and yield assessment.

Forestry &  Agroforestry

Forests play a crucial role in improving and sustaining food security. Learn how the satellite based observation of forests through the satellite`s eye can support forestry and agroforestry. 

Gain practical experience with forest cover mapping and monitoring for sustainable development.   

Food Security

Food security exists when all people, at all times have access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food. Let's leave no one behind! Learn about food security and it's dimensions. What are the challenges and EO-based solutions?

Food Security Risks

Factors such as climate shocks, conflicts, inequalities, locust crisis, Covid-19 poses risks to food security. Learn about these factors and how EO can contribute assesing the risk or damage, and improve the decision making processes.

Gain practical experience  on assessing impact of risk factors such as flooding, vegetation fire, drought and conflict on food production. 

Satellite observations of Earth's atmosphere are essential tools for assessing the impact of meteorological conditions on food production, and taking precautions to reduce risks. Learn about which climate data is available to support Zero Hunger and how to utilize this data.

Gain practical experience in analysis of satellite- based climate data.

EO Climate Data

EO for Zero Hunger

A wide range of EO satellites with different data characteristics providing range of information at different scales are in operation.  Learn about available EO data, data processing software and platforms, and image analysis techniques. 

Visit this module to gain background knowledge about the data, tools and techniques used in hands-on modules.

SDG #2: Zero Hunger

End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture. Hunger is a solvable problem, but we need to take bold actions! Learn about United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals with the focus on Goal #2: Zero Hunger. Find out about the goal, it's targets and indicators and how EO can contribute to progress towards Zero Hunger.

Water & EO

Water of the necessary quality and quantity is an essential prerequisite to produce food. Learn how EO detects water and can support the progress towards Zero Hunger.

Land & EO

Observations on static and dynamic attributes of land cover types are essential tools for formulating policies for sustainable land development. Learn to utilize EO for land applications in support of Zero Hunger.

Gain practical experience with land cover maps to monitor types, area and arrangement of cover types, and their change in time.