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For Release: Nov. 5, 1999
Media Advisory m99-231a


Summary:

NASA PROVIDES 21st CENTURY SOLUTIONS TO 1999 DROUGHT

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NASA PROVIDES 21st CENTURY SOLUTIONS TO 1999 DROUGHT

     As many drought-stricken farms in America limp through the 
last harvest of the 20th century, researchers are using remote 
sensing technology developed for the space program to help improve 
crop management and increase profitability.

     The availability of inexpensive agricultural products for 
consumers in the next century could depend on such capabilities -- 
potentially meaning the difference between "boom" and "bust" for 
American farmers in the new millennium. 

     At the Global Hydrology and Climate Center at NASA's Marshall 
Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, NASA scientists are 
collaborating with university researchers to apply remote sensing 
technology to a sophisticated agricultural technique called 
precision farming. 


Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC:  David E. Steitz 
(Phone 202/358-1730).
Contact at Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL:  Steve 
Roy (Phone 205/544-0034).

For full text, see:
ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/pressrel/1999/99-130.txt 



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