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Time: August 2-16, 2012
Place: Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Pre-requisites: August 2-16, 2012
Credits: 3 credits in one of the courses listed in Credit Offering list
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Background Statement
Knowledgeable agricultural decision making and policy formulation are critical to US and global agriculture
sustainable development, food security and economic prosperity. Farming decisions are becoming more complex
due to the internationalization of agricultural product markets, global climate change, and the need for
farmers to adopt sustainable farming practices. Agro-geoinformation, the agricultural-related geo-information,
is the key information in the agricultural decision making and policy formulation process. China is the largest
producer and consumer of agricultural products in the world, the largest export market of U.S. agricultural
products, and one of the leading countries in the agro-geoinformatics research. Therefore, understanding and
learning the state of art in agro-geoinformatics research and practices in China, such as the process of
agricultural production monitoring, the collection, processing, and interpretation of the agro-geoinformation,
and the usage of agro-geoinformation in decision making and policy formulation, are critical to maintain and
enhance the competitive edge of U.S. agricultural industry in the future world economy.
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