Regional monitoring of Fall Armyworm (FAW) using early warning systems
The second United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG2), zero hunger, aims to improve the productivity, food security, nutrition, and sustainability of small-scale farmers. The fall armyworm (FAW, Spodoptera frugiperda) has been devasting to smallholder farmer food security since it spread to...
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| author | Buchaillot, Maria Luisa Cairns, Jill E. Hamadziripi, Esnath Wilson, Kenneth Hughes, David Chelal, John McCloskey, Peter Kehs, Annalyse Clinton, Nicholas Araus, José Luis Kefauver, Shawn C. |
| author_browse | Araus, José Luis Buchaillot, Maria Luisa Cairns, Jill E. Chelal, John Clinton, Nicholas Hamadziripi, Esnath Hughes, David Kefauver, Shawn C. Kehs, Annalyse McCloskey, Peter Wilson, Kenneth |
| author_facet | Buchaillot, Maria Luisa Cairns, Jill E. Hamadziripi, Esnath Wilson, Kenneth Hughes, David Chelal, John McCloskey, Peter Kehs, Annalyse Clinton, Nicholas Araus, José Luis Kefauver, Shawn C. |
| author_sort | Buchaillot, Maria Luisa |
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| description | The second United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG2), zero hunger, aims to improve the productivity, food security, nutrition, and sustainability of small-scale farmers. The fall armyworm (FAW, Spodoptera frugiperda) has been devasting to smallholder farmer food security since it spread to sub-Saharan Africa in 2016, who have suffered massive crop losses, particularly maize, an important staple for basic sustenance. Since the FAW mainly devours green leaf biomass during the maize vegetative growth stage, the implementation of remote sensing technologies offers opportunities for monitoring the FAW. Here, we developed and tested a Sentinel 2 a+b satellite-based monitoring algorithm based on optimized first-derivative NDVI time series analysis using Google Earth Engine. For validation, we first employed the FAO Fall Armyworm Monitoring and Early Warning System (FAMEWS) mobile app data from Kenya, and then subsequently conducted field validation campaigns in Zimbabwe, Kenya, and Tanzania. Additionally, we directly observed loss of green biomass during maize vegetative growth stages caused by the FAW, confirming the observed signals of loss of the leaf area index (LAI) and the total green biomass (via the NDVI). Preliminary analyses suggested that satellite monitoring of small-scale farmer fields at the regional level may be possible with an NDVI first-derivative time series anomaly analysis using ESA Sentinel 2 a+b (R2 = 0.81). Commercial nanosatellite constellations, such as PlanetScope, were also explored, which may offer benefits from greater spatial resolution and return interval frequency. Due to other confounding factors, such as clouds, intercropping, weeds, abiotic stresses, or even other biotic pests (e.g., locusts), validation results were mixed. Still, maize biomass anomaly detection for monitoring the FAW using satellite data could help confirm the presence of the FAW with the help of expanded field-based monitoring through the FAO FAMEWS app. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1419762025-12-08T10:29:22Z Regional monitoring of Fall Armyworm (FAW) using early warning systems Buchaillot, Maria Luisa Cairns, Jill E. Hamadziripi, Esnath Wilson, Kenneth Hughes, David Chelal, John McCloskey, Peter Kehs, Annalyse Clinton, Nicholas Araus, José Luis Kefauver, Shawn C. biomass earth engines food supply monitoring planning satellites sustainable development time series analysis fall armyworms maize remote sensing spodoptera sustainable development goals spodoptera frugiperda The second United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG2), zero hunger, aims to improve the productivity, food security, nutrition, and sustainability of small-scale farmers. The fall armyworm (FAW, Spodoptera frugiperda) has been devasting to smallholder farmer food security since it spread to sub-Saharan Africa in 2016, who have suffered massive crop losses, particularly maize, an important staple for basic sustenance. Since the FAW mainly devours green leaf biomass during the maize vegetative growth stage, the implementation of remote sensing technologies offers opportunities for monitoring the FAW. Here, we developed and tested a Sentinel 2 a+b satellite-based monitoring algorithm based on optimized first-derivative NDVI time series analysis using Google Earth Engine. For validation, we first employed the FAO Fall Armyworm Monitoring and Early Warning System (FAMEWS) mobile app data from Kenya, and then subsequently conducted field validation campaigns in Zimbabwe, Kenya, and Tanzania. Additionally, we directly observed loss of green biomass during maize vegetative growth stages caused by the FAW, confirming the observed signals of loss of the leaf area index (LAI) and the total green biomass (via the NDVI). Preliminary analyses suggested that satellite monitoring of small-scale farmer fields at the regional level may be possible with an NDVI first-derivative time series anomaly analysis using ESA Sentinel 2 a+b (R2 = 0.81). Commercial nanosatellite constellations, such as PlanetScope, were also explored, which may offer benefits from greater spatial resolution and return interval frequency. Due to other confounding factors, such as clouds, intercropping, weeds, abiotic stresses, or even other biotic pests (e.g., locusts), validation results were mixed. Still, maize biomass anomaly detection for monitoring the FAW using satellite data could help confirm the presence of the FAW with the help of expanded field-based monitoring through the FAO FAMEWS app. 2022-07 2024-05-21T14:56:13Z 2024-05-21T14:56:13Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141976 en Open Access application/pdf MDPI Buchaillot, M. L., Cairns, J. E., Hamadziripi, E., Wilson, K., Hughes, D., Chelal, J., McCloskey, P., Kehs, A., Clinton, N., Araus, J. L., & Kefauver, S. C. (2022). Regional monitoring of Fall Armyworm (FAW) using early warning systems. Remote Sensing, 14(19), 5003. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14195003 |
| spellingShingle | biomass earth engines food supply monitoring planning satellites sustainable development time series analysis fall armyworms maize remote sensing spodoptera sustainable development goals spodoptera frugiperda Buchaillot, Maria Luisa Cairns, Jill E. Hamadziripi, Esnath Wilson, Kenneth Hughes, David Chelal, John McCloskey, Peter Kehs, Annalyse Clinton, Nicholas Araus, José Luis Kefauver, Shawn C. Regional monitoring of Fall Armyworm (FAW) using early warning systems |
| title | Regional monitoring of Fall Armyworm (FAW) using early warning systems |
| title_full | Regional monitoring of Fall Armyworm (FAW) using early warning systems |
| title_fullStr | Regional monitoring of Fall Armyworm (FAW) using early warning systems |
| title_full_unstemmed | Regional monitoring of Fall Armyworm (FAW) using early warning systems |
| title_short | Regional monitoring of Fall Armyworm (FAW) using early warning systems |
| title_sort | regional monitoring of fall armyworm faw using early warning systems |
| topic | biomass earth engines food supply monitoring planning satellites sustainable development time series analysis fall armyworms maize remote sensing spodoptera sustainable development goals spodoptera frugiperda |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141976 |
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