VietSCO : An observatory for resilient recovery in agriculture
Description
The VIET-SCO project integrates two initiatives, Vimesco Rice and Viet-ARRO, to enhance Earth observation capabilities in Vietnam. Vimesco Rice focuses on monitoring rice crops using radar-based remote sensing, while Viet-ARRO establishes an Agriculture Resilient Recovery Observatory for post-disaster response.
Details: Vietnam faces increasing exposure to extreme climate events, such as typhoons, exacerbating heavy rainfall and flooding. Thus, domestic rice production in Vietnam is under threat as a result of climate change, flooding, droughts of increasing frequency, duration, and intensity, and saltwater intrusion. In this context, the VIET-SCO platform has a dual objective.
The VIET-ARRO project aims to establish an Agriculture Resilient Recovery Observatory in Vietnam, emphasizing greenhouse gas reduction and resilience building in post-crisis recovery. This observatory, activated post-disaster, monitors regional rebuilding to enhance resilience against future catastrophes. It provides geospatial data for impact assessment, post-typhoon recovery support, and transitioning to low-emission systems.
Regarding the Vimesco-Rice project, the aim is more to provide users in Vietnam with a demonstrator of operational tools for the dynamic monitoring of rice crops. The project will provide free and open access to data and products that should help monitor production status and harvest forecasts.
The platform utilizes satellite data from Copernicus Sentinel-1A and 1B, along with climate data from weather stations in Vietnam, socio-economic data, and in-situ data on rice growing.
More: To learn more about the application, please explore the Space Climate Observatory website and the VIET-SCO platform. The website is available in English and French.