This book sheds new light on the remote sensing of agriculture in South/Southeast Asian (S/SEA) countries. S/SEA countries are growing rapidly in terms of population, industrialization, and urbanization. One of the critical challenges in the region is food security. In S/SEA, although total food production and productivity have increased in previous decades, in recent years, the growth rate of food production has slowed down, mostly due to land use change, market forces and policy interventions. Further, the weather and climate systems in the region driven primarily by monsoon variability are resulting in droughts or flooding, impacting agricultural production. Therefore, monitoring crops, including agricultural land cover changes at regular intervals, is essential to predict and prepare for disruptions in the food supply in the S/SEA countries.

Chapter 1. Agricultural Information Needs and Research Priorities for Remote Sensing in South and Southeast Asian Countries (Krishna Vadrevu, Thuy Le Toan, Shibendu Ray and Chris Justice).- Part I: International, Regional and National Programs in Agriculture.- Chapter 2. South/Southeast Asia Research Initiative and Agricultural Research Projects (Krishna Vadrevu).- Chapter 3. The NASA Harvest program on Agriculture and Food Security (Inbal Becker-Reshef, Varaprasad Bandaru, Brian Barker,Sylvain Coutu, Jillian M Deines, Bradley Doorn, Gary Eilerts, Belen Franch, Antonio Sanchez Galvez, Mehdi Hosseini1, Michael Humber, Greg Husak, Kaiyu Guan, Christina Justice, John Keniston, Hannah Kerner, Mary Mitkish, Kara Mobley, Blake Munshell, Catherine Nakalembe, Estefania Puricelli, Ritvik Sahajpal, Sergii Skakun, Eric Vermote, Alyssa Whitcraft, Matthew Hansen, Bill Salas, and Christopher Justice).- Chapter 4. Asia-RiCE: Collaborative framework for Rice Crop Management in Asia (Shinichi Sobue, and Lal Samarakoon, Matthew Steventon, Kei Oyoshi, Thuy Le Toan).- Chapter 5. Rice Growth Outlook using Satellite-Based Information in Southeast Asia (Kei Oyoshi, Shinichi Sobue, and Shoji Kimura).- Chapter 6. RIICE - The service and its operational use (Francesco Holecz, Tri Setiyono, Massimo Barbieri, Francesco Collivignarelli, Luca Gatti, Michael Anthony, Renaud Mathieu, Emma Quicho, Aileen Maunahan, Sushree Satapathy, Deiveegan Murugesan, Ponnurangam Ganesan, Alice Laborte, Mary Rose Mabalay, Jovino de Dios, Eduardo Jimmy Quilang, Men Sothy, Pich Rothana, Vang Seng, Ngin Chhay, Chharom Chin, Phuong Do Minh, Hung Bui Vang, Vo Quoc Tuan, Tuong Chi Quang, Vo Quang Minh, Ninh Nguyen Hong, Sellaperumal Pazhanivela, Bernard Zaugg).- Chapter 7. The Philippine Rice Information System (PRiSM): An operational monitoring and information system on rice (Mary Rose Mabalay, Jeny Raviz, Elmer Alosnos, Massimo Barbieri, Emma Quicho, Jesiree Elena Ann Bibar, Mabel Barroga, Meriam Coñado, Pristine Mabalot, Jean Rochielle Mirandilla, Arturo Arocena, Juanito Maloom, Gerald Bello, Ederlina Cariño, Gina de Mesa, Norlyn Detoito, Harvey Gonzaga, Nonilon Martin, Mitzi Philline Tejada, Mary Jane Vives, Marjie Lastimoso, Darlynne Kaye Bumagat, Henry Cayaban, Michael Barroga, Ruvicyn Bayot, Abel Melquiades Callejo, Neale Marvin Paguirigan, Mary Anne Gutierrez, Gene Christhopher Romuga, Frances Grace Amanquiton, Janica Gan, Ethel Princess Banasihan, Creigton Czar Guevarra, Arnel Rala, Hilario Yonson, Michael Malonzo, Glorie Belle Berja, Consolacion Diaz, Luis Alejandre Tamani, Ronald Gregory Roces, Sonia Asilo, Jovino de Dios, Tri Deri Setiyono, Francesco Holecz, Eduardo Jimmy Quilang, and Alice Laborte).- Chapter 8. An Initiation of National Institute for Precision Agriculture Research Network: A case of Thailand Research Fund and Thailand Science Research and Innovation (Attachai Jintrawet, Prapaporn Khopaibool, Thongchai Suwansichon).- Part II: Crop Mapping, Monitoring, Yield and Water Resources.- Chapter 9. Varietal Discrimination, Acreage Estimation and Yield Prediction of Basmati Aromatic Rice in North-Western India Using Satellite Data (Dharmesh Verma, A. N. Singh, Manik H. Kalubarme, G.P. Saroha, Ritesh Sharma and Brajendra).- Chapter 10. Mapping Smallholder Yields Using Planet and Sentinel-2 Satellite Data (Meha Jain, Weiqi Zhou, Ambica Paliwal).- Chapter 11. A Data-analytical way of estimating Rice crop Yield: Economic and Water related causative factors (Nilabja Ghosh, M. Rajeshwor, Alka Singh, Satarupa Chakravarty).- Chapter 12. Rice Monitoring in Southeast Asia Using Earth Observation Satellite Data (Kei Oyoshi, Lal Samarakoon, Shin-chi Sobue, Sotheavy Meas, Men Sothy, Shoji Kimura, Rizatus Shofiyati, Tanita Suepa, Kanjana Koedkurang, Yootthapoom Potiracha6,, Sutinee Sihirunwong, Patiwet Chalearmpong, Panu Nuangjumnong, Damrongrit Niammuad, and Soravis Supavetch, Phung Hoang-Phi,Nguyen Lam-Dao,and Thuy Le Toan).- Chapter 13. Crop LAI and biomass estimation from different polarization modes of simulated NISAR data (Dipankar Mandal, Vineet Kumar, Avik Bhattacharya and Y. S. Rao).- Chapter 14. Pixel-based evaluation of rice production and related greenhouse gas emissions in the Mekong Delta integrating SAR data and ground observations (Hironori Arai, Wataru Takeuchi, Kei Oyoshi, Lam Dao Nguyen, Tamon Fumoto, Kazuyuki Inubushi and Thuy Le Toan).- Chapter 15. The utilization of satellite data to support wet season rice production policy in Thailand: A review of practices and opportunities (Chitnucha Buddhaboon, Panu Neungchumnong, Thewin Kaeomuangmoon and Attachai Jintrawet).- Chapter 16. Productivity, damages, and losses of rice in Cambodia: past, present and future trends in the Mekong and Tonle Sap regions (Serey Sok, Hoeurn Cheb, Nyda Chhinh and Pheakdey Nguonphan).- Chapter 17. Rice growth stage monitoring and yield estimation in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta using multi-temporal Sentinel-1 data (Phung Hoang-Phi, Nguyen Lam-Dao, VuNguyen-Van-Anh, Thanh Nguyen-Kim, Thuy Le Toan, and Tien Pham-Duy).- Chapter 18. Agricultural Drought Assessment using Remote Sensing, with special emphasis on India (S. S. Ray, Shalini Saxena, K. Choudhary, Preeti Tahlani and Krishna Vadrevu).- Chapter 19. Role of remote sensing in assessing total water storage and evapotranspiration for croplands in the Mekong river basin (Venkataramana Sridhar, Syed Azhar Ali).- Part III: Prediction and Modeling.- Chapter 20. Random forests for early rice yield prediction from time series of remote sensed data (Nguyen-Thanh Son, Chi-Farn Chen, Cheng-Cru Chen).- Chapter 21. Assessment of Climate Change Impact on Rice production over South and Southeast Asia under CMIP6 climate scenarios (Tzu-Shun Lin and Atul K Jain).- Chapter 22. Application of Geo-CropSim framework for Rainfed Sugarcane Yield Assessment in Thailand (Varaprasad Bandaru, Pallavi Cherumalli, Sergii Skakun, Kristofer Lasko, Sukunya Yampracha).- Chapter 23. Crop yield assessment of smallholder farms using remote sensing and simulation modeling (Vinay Kumar Sehgal, Debasish Chakraborty, Rajkumar Dhakar, Joydeep Mukherjee, Rabi Narayan Sahoo).- Part IV: Agricultural Land Cover/Land Use Changes.- Chapter 24. Agricultural intensity assessment in Punjab India using food security metrics and remote sensing data (Krishna Vadrevu, Emily Casadaban, Aditya Eaturu, Samuel Amborski and Sumalika Biswas).- Chapter 25. Agricultural intensity assessment in Punjab India using food security metrics and remote sensing data (Bhavani P, Ripan Das, Mariam Jamilah, Vijay P.Kanawade, Chandrashekhar Biradar and P.S. Roy).- Chapter 26. Nexus of Urbanization and Changes in Agricultural Land in Bangladesh (Mst. Ilme Faridatul, Md. Sarfaraz Gani Adnan and Ashraf Dewan).- Chapter 27. The Kandyan Home Garden - Sustainable Agricultural Ecosystem in Sri Lanka (A.R. Gunawardena and T.T. Fernando).- Chapter 28. Agricultural transformation, and deforestation in Shan State, Myanmar (Sumalika Biswas andKrishna Prasad Vadrevu).- Chapter 29. Agricultural fires in South Asian Countries and Implications (Krishna Vadrevu, Emily Casadaban, Aditya Eaturu and Sumalika Biswas).- Chapter 30. Agricultural Land-Use Trends in Vietnam 1990 - 2020 (Stephen J. Leisz, Nghiem Thi Tuyen, Ngo The An, Nong Duong, Nguyen Thi Bich Yen).- Chapter 31. Scenario-Based Land-Cover/Land-Use Change Modeling of Future Agricultural Land Conversion in Dong Thap, Vietnam (Keelin Haynes, Jessica L. McCarty, Stanley W. Toops, Bui Thi Minh Ha, Jarrod W. Brown, Peter Potapov, Svetlana Turubanova, Quyen Nguyen, Peou Touch, and Justin J. Fain).- Chapter 32. Extreme Development of Dragon Fruit Agriculture with Nighttime Lighting in Southern Vietnam (Shenyue Jia, Son V. Nghiem, Seung-Hee Kim, Laura Krauser, Andrea E. Gaughan, Forest R. Stevens, Menas Kafatos, and Khanh D. Ngo).- Chapter 33. Agricultural Land Use/Cover Changes in the Vientiane, Laos (Chittana Phompila, Vongphet Sihapanya, Bakham Chanthavong, Sithong Thongmanivong, Phung Van Khoa, Keigo Noda and Krishna Prasad Vadrevu).- Chapter 34. Color Features Based Model for Land Cover Identification and Agriculture Monitoring with Satellite Images (Shruti Gupta and Dharmendra Singh).- Index.