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Event ID:  15351
Contact Name:  Iranian Space Agency
Contact Email:  public@isa.ir
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Organization:  Iranian Space Agency
Event Web Site:  http://www.isa.ir/index.php?sid=3&slc_lang=fa
Dates:  10th October 2017 to 9th October 2017
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Type:  Other
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Country:  Iran
State/Province:  Tehran
City:  Tehran
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Location:  Ministry of Agriculture Jihad
Event Name:  Workshop on Monitoring of Agricultural Area Using Space Technology
Event Description:  During the World Space Week and following the agreement between Iranian Space Agency (ISA) and the Ministry of Agriculture Jihad, a 1-day workshop has been organized. "Workshop on Monitoring of Agricultural Area Using Space Technology" will be held on Tuesday 10th of Oct. 2017 and ISA will present its latest achievements and services in agriculture field. In addition, this workshop includes introduction on space technology application in agriculture, cultivars calendar of country's strategic products and area function variation studies using remote sensing.
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Report on the Results:  On the last day of WSW, 10th of Oct, in order to promote the space technology, a workshop on Monitoring of Agricultural Area Using Space Technology was held in cooperation with ISA and Ministry of Agriculture Jihad (MAJ). Various applications of space technology in agriculture field were discussed and experts and enthusiasts participated in this workshop. Speakers emphasized on the importance and necessity of using space technology and satellite imaging and mentioned that policy, management, and evaluation of management activities in agriculture need updated and reliable information which is one of the capabilities of space technology. During this workshop, after introducing the space applications in agriculture, the common projects in the format of agreement between ISA and MAJ were presented. One of these projects was extraction of growth period of ten crops and four garden products using satellite imaging which is conducted in 120 spots around the country in order to calculate the net water consumption of the plants which will be used in large-scale management of water resources. The other common project of ISA and MAJ is a land map acquisition of West-Azarbaijan province and Urmia lake area using satellite imaging.
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