The Application of Remote Sensing Technologies for Enhancing Agroecosystems Performance

Abstract

Human activity has dramatically altered the environment around the world. Most of these modifications occurred in natural habitats due to human activities. On the other hand, the variations in climatic conditions required to sustain appropriately performing ecosystems are becoming increasingly challenging for managers and policymakers. Often, pollution associated with human activities is diffuse, occurs over a wide geographic area, and accumulates over time. Assessing, monitoring, and eventually connecting relevant environmental variables with landscape development is crucial to overcoming these problems. Remote monitoring and evaluation of agroecosystem changes, using sensors, global positioning systems, and satellite-based platforms, provides for constant monitoring and assessment of field environment dynamics on a large scale. This study reviewed critical advances in remote sensing for the sustainable development of the agroecosystem.