REMOTE SENSING AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM IN THE MANAGEMENT OF AGRICULTURAL RISKS RELATED TO CLIMATE CHANGE

Agriculture is an important national strategic sector for the nutrition, employment, and development of all countries worldwide. The world is faced with the danger of starvation, especially due to the climatic changes in the recent years and global warming. Turkey is also in a region that is influenced by climate change. To provide food for the growing world population adequately and regularly, sustainable development of the agricultural sector needs to be promoted by minimising the existing risks. In this context, it is extremely important to monitor cultivated areas in the management of agricultural risks and to determine the level of effects the climate change would cause. Losses that may occur in agricultural production can be predicted earlier by using remote sensing techniques. In addition to climatic data, information on the topography and soil and land features can be collected in a GIS database, which would facilitate the development of an effective risk management model. The objective of this study was to examine the assessment and monitoring of crop-cultivated lands in Kayseri-Bunyan Province (Turkey), which was chosen as a pilot region, and predict the probable reduction in the yields that might occur due to dry seasons, plant diseases, and various disorders.