A framework for disaggregating remote-sensing cropland into rainfed and irrigated classes at continental scale

Agriculture consumes the largest share of freshwater globally; therefore, distinguishing between rainfed and irrigated croplands is essential for agricultural water management and food security. In this study, a framework incorporating the Budyko model was used to differentiate between rainfed and i...

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Autores principales: Owusu, Afua, Kagone, S., Leh, Mansoor, Velpuri, Naga Manohar, Gumma, Murali K., Ghansah, Benjamin, Thilina-Prabhath, Paranamana, Akpoti, Komlavi, Mekonnen, Kirubel, Tinonetsana, Primrose, Mohammed, I.
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Elsevier 2024
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/138723
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author Owusu, Afua
Kagone, S.
Leh, Mansoor
Velpuri, Naga Manohar
Gumma, Murali K.
Ghansah, Benjamin
Thilina-Prabhath, Paranamana
Akpoti, Komlavi
Mekonnen, Kirubel
Tinonetsana, Primrose
Mohammed, I.
author_browse Akpoti, Komlavi
Ghansah, Benjamin
Gumma, Murali K.
Kagone, S.
Leh, Mansoor
Mekonnen, Kirubel
Mohammed, I.
Owusu, Afua
Thilina-Prabhath, Paranamana
Tinonetsana, Primrose
Velpuri, Naga Manohar
author_facet Owusu, Afua
Kagone, S.
Leh, Mansoor
Velpuri, Naga Manohar
Gumma, Murali K.
Ghansah, Benjamin
Thilina-Prabhath, Paranamana
Akpoti, Komlavi
Mekonnen, Kirubel
Tinonetsana, Primrose
Mohammed, I.
author_sort Owusu, Afua
collection Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (CGSpace)
description Agriculture consumes the largest share of freshwater globally; therefore, distinguishing between rainfed and irrigated croplands is essential for agricultural water management and food security. In this study, a framework incorporating the Budyko model was used to differentiate between rainfed and irrigated cropland areas in Africa for eight remote sensing landcover products and a high-confidence cropland map (HCCM). The HCCM was generated for calibration and validation of the crop partitioning framework as an alternative to individual cropland masks which exhibit high disagreement. The accuracy of the framework in partitioning the HCCM was evaluated using an independent validation dataset, yielding an overall accuracy rate of 73 %. The findings of this study indicate that out of the total area covered by the HCCM (2.36 million km2 ), about 461,000 km2 (19 %) is irrigated cropland. The partitioning framework was applied on eight landcover products, and the extent of irrigated areas varied between 19 % and 30 % of the total cropland area. The framework demonstrated high precision and specificity scores, indicating its effectiveness in correctly identifying irrigated areas while minimizing the misclassification of rainfed areas as irrigated. This study provides an enhanced understanding of rainfed and irrigation patterns across Africa, supporting efforts towards achieving sustainable and resilient agricultural systems. Consequently, the approach outlined expands on the suite of remote sensing landcover products that can be used for agricultural water studies in Africa by enabling the extraction of irrigated and rainfed cropland data from landcover products that do not have disaggregated cropland classes.
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spelling CGSpace1387232025-12-08T09:54:28Z A framework for disaggregating remote-sensing cropland into rainfed and irrigated classes at continental scale Owusu, Afua Kagone, S. Leh, Mansoor Velpuri, Naga Manohar Gumma, Murali K. Ghansah, Benjamin Thilina-Prabhath, Paranamana Akpoti, Komlavi Mekonnen, Kirubel Tinonetsana, Primrose Mohammed, I. farmland remote sensing irrigated farming rainfed farming frameworks agricultural water management land use land cover models datasets Agriculture consumes the largest share of freshwater globally; therefore, distinguishing between rainfed and irrigated croplands is essential for agricultural water management and food security. In this study, a framework incorporating the Budyko model was used to differentiate between rainfed and irrigated cropland areas in Africa for eight remote sensing landcover products and a high-confidence cropland map (HCCM). The HCCM was generated for calibration and validation of the crop partitioning framework as an alternative to individual cropland masks which exhibit high disagreement. The accuracy of the framework in partitioning the HCCM was evaluated using an independent validation dataset, yielding an overall accuracy rate of 73 %. The findings of this study indicate that out of the total area covered by the HCCM (2.36 million km2 ), about 461,000 km2 (19 %) is irrigated cropland. The partitioning framework was applied on eight landcover products, and the extent of irrigated areas varied between 19 % and 30 % of the total cropland area. The framework demonstrated high precision and specificity scores, indicating its effectiveness in correctly identifying irrigated areas while minimizing the misclassification of rainfed areas as irrigated. This study provides an enhanced understanding of rainfed and irrigation patterns across Africa, supporting efforts towards achieving sustainable and resilient agricultural systems. Consequently, the approach outlined expands on the suite of remote sensing landcover products that can be used for agricultural water studies in Africa by enabling the extraction of irrigated and rainfed cropland data from landcover products that do not have disaggregated cropland classes. 2024-02 2024-01-31T14:06:19Z 2024-01-31T14:06:19Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/138723 en Open Access Elsevier Owusu, Afua; Kagone, S.; Leh, Mansoor; Velpuri, Naga Manohar; Gumma, M. K.; Ghansah, Benjamin; Thilina-Prabhath, Paranamana; Akpoti, Komlavi; Mekonnen, Kirubel; Tinonetsana, Primrose; Mohammed, I. 2024. A framework for disaggregating remote-sensing cropland into rainfed and irrigated classes at continental scale. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 126:103607. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2023.103607]
spellingShingle farmland
remote sensing
irrigated farming
rainfed farming
frameworks
agricultural water management
land use
land cover
models
datasets
Owusu, Afua
Kagone, S.
Leh, Mansoor
Velpuri, Naga Manohar
Gumma, Murali K.
Ghansah, Benjamin
Thilina-Prabhath, Paranamana
Akpoti, Komlavi
Mekonnen, Kirubel
Tinonetsana, Primrose
Mohammed, I.
A framework for disaggregating remote-sensing cropland into rainfed and irrigated classes at continental scale
title A framework for disaggregating remote-sensing cropland into rainfed and irrigated classes at continental scale
title_full A framework for disaggregating remote-sensing cropland into rainfed and irrigated classes at continental scale
title_fullStr A framework for disaggregating remote-sensing cropland into rainfed and irrigated classes at continental scale
title_full_unstemmed A framework for disaggregating remote-sensing cropland into rainfed and irrigated classes at continental scale
title_short A framework for disaggregating remote-sensing cropland into rainfed and irrigated classes at continental scale
title_sort framework for disaggregating remote sensing cropland into rainfed and irrigated classes at continental scale
topic farmland
remote sensing
irrigated farming
rainfed farming
frameworks
agricultural water management
land use
land cover
models
datasets
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/138723
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