Opium fields uncovered from space with 75% accuracy using hyperspectral imaging and AI
“From orbit, an opium poppy field does not necessarily look very different from a field growing a legal crop,” said Kuva Space. “That makes illicit crop monitoring a difficult Earth observation problem, particularly across large, remote or inaccessible regions where field verification is costly or impossible.” (Image: Kuva Space)
Kuva Space combines satellite hyperspectral imagery with AI to screen fields for poppy cultivation in Afghanistan
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