EO4Nutri

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In EO4Nutri we develop innovative scientific solutions that bring together the capabilities of various Earth Observation (EO) data through novel methods and approaches to estimate and predict the nutrient content of soil, crop canopy, and harvested crops for several global staple grains: maize, rice, sorghum, teff and wheat.

This will advance knowledge in better understanding, mapping, and monitoring nutritional quality of crops, which is important with respect to the so-called hidden hunger phenomenon.

In terms of the investigated nutrients, the project will focus on those with high relevance to human nutrition and plant growth: Calcium (Ca), Iron (Fe), Magnesium (Mg), Nitrogen (N), Phosphorus (P), Potassium (K), Selenium (Se), Sulphur (S), and Zinc (Zn). These nutrients are deficient in many countries across the globe.

EO4Nutri is a joint effort of the University of Twente (NL), The University of Milan (IT), NRC (IT), Rothamsted Research (UK) and LMU (DE).