Dr. Felix Kogan is a Physical Scientist for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Services (NESDIS), and the Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR). His duties include research and development in the application of satellite data to the solution of environmental problems with a specific emphasis on land, atmosphere, climate, and socioeconomic activities. He has authored and co-authored more than 150 scientific papers and book chapters, and has developed the satellite-based vegetation health method for monitoring drought, fire risk, agricultural production, climate trends, and land cover changes.

• Chapter1: Why This Book?.- Chapter2: Food Security – the 21st Century Issue.- Chapter3: Operational Satellites for Earth Monitoring.- Chapter4: Vegetation Health Method.- Chapter5: Monitoring Drought from Space and Food Security.- Chapter6: Vegetation Health-based Modeling Crop Yield and Food Security Prediction.- Chapter7: Vegetation Health for Insuring Drought-Related Yield Losses and Food Security Enhancement.- Chapter8: Advanced VH-based Long-Term Drought and Food Security Prediction.- Chapter9: Climate Change and Food Security Current and Future.- Chapter10: Application of Vegetation Health Data and Products for Monitoring Food Security.