To improve the availability of statistical information on Peru's agricultural sector, the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation (Minagri) of Peru has made available a methodology to generate aggregate information based on high-resolution satellite images. The methodology is described in the recent technical manual presented by Minagri.
The technical manual has been prepared by Minagri and the 'Executing Unit for Sectoral Project Management' (UEGPS), with help from technical specialists from the Department of Agrarian Statistics (DEA) of the General Directorate of Follow-up and Evaluation of Policies (DGESEP); members of the Integrated System of Agrarian Statistics (SIEA); representatives of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB); and the AIDER - South Pole consortium. To promote collaboration around as well as the uptake of the new methodology, Minagri has made the entire technical manual publicly available here.