Remote Sensing for Mapping Farmland and Agricultural Infrastructure

Dear Colleagues,

Attempting to feed a growing population with limited farmland presents a major challenge. Addressing this challenge requires the sustainable management of farmland. In addition, agricultural infrastructure (e.g., greenhouse, irrigation facilities, road networks, and shelterbelts) associated with farmland plays crucial roles in improving the input–output efficiency of agricultural production. This suggests that there is an urgent need for precise information about the spatial distribution, type identification and size estimation of farmland and agricultural infrastructure at different scales. With the advent of modern remote sensing techniques (multi-source satellite observations and advanced data processing methods), the accuracies and efficiency of agricultural monitoring have been increasingly improved. This proposed Special Issue aims to share the latest research progress related to novel techniques and applications for mapping farmland and agricultural infrastructure. The topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Crop type/cropland mapping;
• Crop field size mapping/ field boundary detection;
• Mapping tree crops or specialty crops (citrus, coffee, cocoa, etc.);
• Mapping and characterization of management practices in various cropping systems (crop rotation, intensity, tillage, etc.);
• Identification of agricultural building infrastructures (greenhouse, road networks, etc.);
• Identification of agricultural irrigation infrastructures (irrigation well, hydropower station, etc.);
• Identification of agricultural ecological protection infrastructures (farmland shelterbelts, check dam, etc.);
• Novel image processing methods for agricultural applications.

Dr. Qiong Hu
Prof. Dr. Wenbin Wu
Prof. Dr. Hao Wu
Dr. Tuya Hasi
Dr. Qian Song
Guest Editors

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