Global Monitoring for Food Security (GMFS). Service operations report SENEGAL 2007.

Abstract

GMFS (Global Monitoring for Food Security) is a GMES Service Element (GSE) project, part of the ESA contribution to the EU / ESA GMES (Global Monitoring for Environment and Security) Programme. GMFS aims to establish an earth observation based operational service for crop monitoring to support food security decision makers and EU policy objectives. The aim of this document, as expressed in the statement of work is to: - Evaluate the operations planned versus the services agreed - Review the external infrastructure - Review issues and experiences with relation to adopted standards The aim of the document is to give a complete report of all activities executed by the service partners to deliver agricultural monitoring services to the Centre de Suivi Ecologique (CSE) in Senegal for the 2007 growing season