Monitoring Rice Production: Burma
In the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis, the Foreign Agriculture Service of the US Department of Agriculture has begun producing a series of maps of damaged agricultural areas. Asian Surveying and Mapping, July 18, 2008
Protecting Agriculture
The Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDOA) is developing an enterprise GIS strategy to better use state agricultural data to coordinate a response to an agroterrorism attack. Government Technology, September 2005by Jennifer Stong
Tracking Cattle in the Heartland
To protect the country's food supply, the Kansas Animal Health Department (KAHD) is tracking cattle in near–real time using GIS in combination with other technologies. Geospatial Solutions, September 1, 2005—by Mary Ann Stewart