Africa stands to gain from Earth Observation (EO) science, products and applications.
However, its use and application remain below potential on the continent. This article …

Remote sensing datasets pose a number of interesting challenges to machine learning
researchers and practitioners, from domain shift (spatially, semantically and temporally) to …

Desert locusts are infamous for their ability to cause widespread devastation to crops and
agricultural lands. They have been known to cause significant economic losses in many …

In this study, we present a fused multi-scale approach to model habitat suitability index (HSI)
maps for three different locust species. The presented methodology was applied for the …

Desert locust plagues can easily cause a regional food crisis and thus affect social stability.
Preventive control of the disaster highlights the early detection of hopper gregarization …

Locust plagues inflict severe agricultural damage. Climate change-induced extreme events
like rainfall and droughts have expanded locust habitats. These new areas, often beyond …

Abstract From the Hindu Kush mountains to the Registan Desert, Afghanistan is a diverse
landscape where droughts, floods, conflict, and economic market accessibility pose …

The desert locust remains a major threat to global food security. Control operations are a
crucial tool to manage crisis; this research investigated the nature of control operations …

Despite satellite imagery is being used to identify suitable areas for desert locust, there is a
lack of automatized and operational procedures in Near Real Time (NRT). The aim of this …

The migratory locust, Locusta migratoria (L. migratoria), is one of the most damaging
agricultural pests worldwide. Currently, the monitoring of L. migratoria largely depends on …