NASA Harvest
Agriculture
NASA Harvest is a global food security program led by the University of Maryland in partnership with NASA and a global consortium of academic, government, and NGO partners. The program develops and deploys satellite-based monitoring tools and data products designed to track crop conditions, estimate production, and support food security decision-making at national and subnational scales. NASA Harvest makes its data tools and datasets available through NASA's Earthdata ecosystem, enabling researchers, governments, and agricultural analysts to access satellite-derived agricultural intelligence for Africa and globally.
Food security researchers, government agencies, and NGOs needing satellite-based crop area mapping and yield monitoring
NASA Harvest is a consortium led by University of Maryland; data tools focus on food security monitoring and crop area estimation
Key Highlights
- Satellite crop monitoring
- Food security focus
- Africa coverage
- NASA satellite data
- Research grade datasets
Required Access Documents
- Research RegistrationRequiredRegistration with NASA Harvest consortium for data access, especially for commercial use
- API KeyOptionalEarthdata API key for underlying NASA data access
Use Cases
- Food Security Early Warning in Nigeria:Nigerian government agencies, UN agencies, and humanitarian organizations can use NASA Harvest data tools to monitor crop conditions across Nigeria and generate early warnings for food security stress before shortfalls materialize.
- Nigeria Crop Area Estimation:Agricultural researchers studying Nigerian crop production can use NASA Harvest satellite-derived crop mapping to estimate cultivated area for major crops across Nigerian states without ground-level surveys.
- National Agricultural Statistics Support:Nigeria's agricultural statistics agencies can use NASA Harvest methodologies and data to improve official crop production estimates by integrating satellite-based area and yield estimates with ground survey data.