Big Earth Data Supports Sustainable Food Production: Practices and Prospects

Authors

Lijun ZUO, Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100094, China International Research Center of Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals, Beijing 100094, ChinaFollow
Bingfang WU, Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100094, China International Research Center of Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals, Beijing 100094, China
Liangzhi YOU, Macro Agriculture Research Institute, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington DC 20006, USA
Wenjiang HUANG, Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100094, China International Research Center of Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals, Beijing 100094, China
Ran MENG, College of Resources & Environment, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
Yingying Dong, Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100094, China International Research Center of Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals, Beijing 100094, China
Tianshi PAN, Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100094, China
Yafei WANG, Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100094, China

Keywords

sustainable food production, Big Earth Data, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) practices, prospects

Document Type

Strategy & Practice

Abstract

Ensuring food security is a fundamental issue for global sustainable development. Sustainable food production is the basis for food security and an effective approach to address global challenges such as climate change, land degradation, and ecological degradation. At present, there is a data gap in the monitoring and assessment of the sustainability of food production, and the supporting role of the Big Earth Data is increasingly prominent. This paper summarizes the current practice of Big Earth Data in support of sustainable food production, including the role of Earth observation technology in the monitoring of various elements of food production system, and the application of multi-source data fusion in the monitoring of comprehensive food production system and the assessment of the sustainability of food production. Based on the review, according the framework of four levers for achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), we promote two suggestions for future development on Big Earth Data in support of sustainable food production:(1) integrating Big Earth Data with multidisciplinary models to promote knowledge discovery thus supporting governance, and (2) integrating Big Earth Data with technological innovation to build intelligent agriculture for on-farm sustainable food production system.

First page

885

Last Page

895

Language

Chinese

Publisher

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences

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Recommended Citation

ZUO, Lijun; WU, Bingfang; YOU, Liangzhi; HUANG, Wenjiang; MENG, Ran; Dong, Yingying; PAN, Tianshi; and WANG, Yafei (2021) "Big Earth Data Supports Sustainable Food Production: Practices and Prospects," Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version): Vol. 36 : Iss. 8 , Article 3.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.16418/j.issn.1000-3045.20210706001
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