National-Scale Field Delineation In Mozambique Refines Our Understanding Of Cropland Distribution, Field Size, And Deforestation Actors.
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https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ae5cb4 <-- shared paper
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https://philipperufin.github.io/blog/mozfields-2023/ <-- shared associated technical article from one of the paper’s authors
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#foodsecurity #subsistence #smallholder #farms #farming #agriculture #crops #Mozambique #subSaharan #Africa #GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #earthobservation #policy #planning #cropland #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #field #deforestation #countrywide #landuse #sustainability #delineation #satellite #SPOT #model #modeling #deeplearning #AI #machinelearning #survey #GeoAI #spatialdata

Urgent action needed to address copper thefts, says Senate committee
Bell said, country-wide, they're filing multiple police reports every day because of copper thefts — something a Senate report calls a dangerous issue requiring urgent action.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/copper-theft-enwin-windsor-senate-bell-canada-9.7170946?cmp=rss

For those interested in #vegetables, #fruit, #selfsuffiency, #veganism, #horticulture, and a human story of #Kerry vegetable grower from the #Maharees near #Tralee, this clip from #countrywide this morning is essential listening.
https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/22253182/

That was a lovely bit of a Christmassy #CountryWide. @pbh is getting soft in his old age. https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/countrywide/programmes/2022/1224/1343590-countrywide-saturday-24-december-2022/