Our Projects
NASA Acres brings the value of satellite data down-to-Earth for U.S. agriculture through activities targeting six impact areas. Learn about these impact areas and their supporting projects below.
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NASA Acres Aims to:
Cultivate a productive and trusting relationship between NASA and U.S. farmers, ranchers, and others contributing to the U.S. agrifood system.
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NASA Acres Aims to:
Foster innovative, powerful, and user-friendly systems for accessing and analyzing satellite data while protecting farmer data privacy and autonomy.
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NASA Acres Aims to:
Advance the quality and production of satellite-based agriculture mapping through defining, setting standards for, improving methods for, and producing “Essential Agriculture Variables” (EAVs).
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NASA Acres Aims to:
Increase our knowledge about the state, change, and outlook for productivity, profitability, sustainability, and resilience in U.S. agriculture, including a better understanding of the interplay between land management activities and outcomes.
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Co-develop & transition satellite-based tools that empower farm to policy decisions.
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Develop capacity in the current and future workforce to use satellite data to support agriculture.
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NASA Acres Aims to:
Share the agriculture community information needs with the space agencies, commercial space companies, and others to guide next-generation satellites and innovation needs.
Please note that this webpage is under construction and does not represent the full portfolio of NASA Acres projects.
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NASA Acres Project Lead Institutions
