On Thursday, May 18, 2023, the department’s staff discussed the impact of the Russian war in Ukraine on agriculture at a special session of the Ninth International Conference on Agricultural Statistics (ICAS IX).
Together with the JRC EC, the World Bank and the University of Maryland, the Department of Mathematical Modeling and Data Analysis discussed damage detection, the assessment of agricultural land areas and the economic impact of the war on agriculture in Ukraine. All developed methodology is based on machine and deep learning models based on satellite data. These technologies really help to identify war damage and make it possible to assess its economic impact on agriculture in Ukraine and food security in the world.
The conference is organized by the World Bank, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) in cooperation with FAO.
