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Adascis

Description

Adascis

The Use of Remote Sensing and Agrometeorological Modelling for Agricultural Damage and Risk Assessment in support of the Belgian Disaster Fund
Contact  Herman Eerens Start (End) Date 01/03/2009 (31/07/2011)
Consortium  3 partners Project Coordination FPS Economy (Disaster Fund)
Website      www.adascis.be (new window) Related Projects MARSOP, GLOBAM
Keywords

 crop damage, disaster fund, insurance sector                      

 

Project Objectives
The ADASCIS project aims to develop a user-defined information system for agricultural damage and risk assessment based on remote sensing and agrometeorological modelling in support of the management of the Belgian Disaster Fund. Objective and timely information on crop damage would allow FPS Economy to reduce the time needed for disaster assessment, facilitate the eligibility of the compensation demands, ensure uniformity in claims treatment and in estimate of losses, and finally reduce payment delay. In line with the European regulations the Flemish and Walloon authorities, the farmers organisations and the insurance sector have to set up a (preferably index-based) agricultural insurance system by 2010. The proposed system could provide useful information for the development of agricultural insurance products for the Belgian market.

Methodology

  • Analysis of users’ needs and study of the existing products & services,
  • Selection of crop damage indices from meteo databases, agrometeorological models and remote sensing,
  • Generation of a crop damage indices database:
    • at municipality level (for Belgium) for crop monitoring and risk mapping
    • at field level for 2 test sites (Westhoek, Famenne) to locate and quantify crop damages due to floods, drought
  • Detailed study using HR/VHR remote sensing data,
  • Development of a crop damage information system (web application).

 (Expected) Results

  • Crop damage and risk indices based on remote sensing, meteo databases and agrometeorological modelling.
  • A crop damage and risk assessment information service that will enable users to analyse the ongoing season, to identify high risk areas and to locate and quantify crop damages.  

VITO Contribution

  • Calculation of crop damage and risk indices at municipality level, based on SPOT-VEGETATION satellite images.
  • Location of crop damage (at field level) caused by excessive rainfall and hail, using different types of high resolution imagery.

Partners

  • Federal Public Service of Economy SMEs, Self-employed and Energy (Belgium)
  • Centre wallon des Rercherches Agronomiques, CRA-W (Belgium)
  • Université de Liège, ULg (Belgium)

Illustration



From April till June 2011 grassland suffered from drought. The map shows for the period 1-10 June 2011 for grassland the difference (in %) between the actual fAPAR and the long term average. The graph shows the evolution of the fAPAR from 1 January till 10 June 2011 for one municipality.


Contact:


Herman Eerens
Tel. + 32 14 33 68 72
Fax + 32 14 32 27 95
Mobile + 32 477 41 62 02
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