Inbal Becker-Reshef
Inbal Becker-Reshef, Ph.D., is the Co-Director of NASA Harvest which is NASA’s Global Program on Food Supply and Agriculture, made up of a diverse consortium of over 50 partners from the public and private sectors, focused on advancing the use of satellite observations across the agricultural sector. She is a Research Professor at the department of Geographical Sciences at the University of Maryland and an adjunct Professor at the University of Strasbourg. Her work is focused on the application of satellite observations for agricultural monitoring from the field to global scales, supporting decisions in food security, sustainability, and agricultural markets. She worked closely with national and international partners to initiate the GEOGLAM (GEO Global Agricultural Monitoring) Program, adopted by the G20 in 2011 under the action plan on food price volatility and agriculture where she leads the Crop Monitor initiative. Her background is in soil sciences and remote sensing and she received her Ph.D in 2012 from the University of Maryland. She received several awards and recognitions including the US Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Science Prize for Innovation, Research, and Education (ASPIRE).
Sessions
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Announcement // RAAPID: Closing Critical Information Gaps for Global Food Security & Market Stability18-Mar-2026Auditorium
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RAAPID Deep Dive: Scaling Ag Intelligence for Risk Reduction & Market Stability18-Mar-2026Nob Hill A