Mapping crop water productivity in the Nile Basin through combined use of remote sensing and census data

Remote sensed imagery in combination with secondary agricultural statistic was used to map crop water productivity (WP) in the Nile River Basin. Land productivity and crop tandardized gross value production (SGVP) were calculated at administrative level using the agricultural census data. Actual eva...

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Main Authors: Karimi, Poolad, David, S., Bastiaanssen, Wim G.M.
Format: Conference Paper
Language:Inglés
Published: 2011
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/38329
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author Karimi, Poolad
David, S.
Bastiaanssen, Wim G.M.
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David, S.
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description Remote sensed imagery in combination with secondary agricultural statistic was used to map crop water productivity (WP) in the Nile River Basin. Land productivity and crop tandardized gross value production (SGVP) were calculated at administrative level using the agricultural census data. Actual evapotranspiration (Eta) generated from remote sensing was used to assess crops consumptive water use. WP was then calculated by dividing SGVP by Eta in the cropped areas. Results show land productivity has a huge variation across the basin. SGVP per hectare in the basin varies from 20 $/ha to 1833 $/ha. Likewise SGVP, water productivity in the basin is highly variable. It ranges from 0.01 $/m3 to 0.2 $/m3. Observed patterns in the water productivity indicate that WP differences in the Nile basin are highly related to crop yield, which varies in different regions and also in irrigated and rainfed systems. Similarly, overall low WP is because of low yields, chiefly rainfed agriculture. This indicates that there is scope for enhancing WP in the Nile Basin through expanding irrigated agriculture and generally increasing yield.
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spelling CGSpace383292023-06-08T15:37:49Z Mapping crop water productivity in the Nile Basin through combined use of remote sensing and census data Karimi, Poolad David, S. Bastiaanssen, Wim G.M. crops water productivity mapping river basins remote sensing data land productivity land use land cover evapotranspiration farming systems irrigated farming rainfed farming pricing economic aspects Remote sensed imagery in combination with secondary agricultural statistic was used to map crop water productivity (WP) in the Nile River Basin. Land productivity and crop tandardized gross value production (SGVP) were calculated at administrative level using the agricultural census data. Actual evapotranspiration (Eta) generated from remote sensing was used to assess crops consumptive water use. WP was then calculated by dividing SGVP by Eta in the cropped areas. Results show land productivity has a huge variation across the basin. SGVP per hectare in the basin varies from 20 $/ha to 1833 $/ha. Likewise SGVP, water productivity in the basin is highly variable. It ranges from 0.01 $/m3 to 0.2 $/m3. Observed patterns in the water productivity indicate that WP differences in the Nile basin are highly related to crop yield, which varies in different regions and also in irrigated and rainfed systems. Similarly, overall low WP is because of low yields, chiefly rainfed agriculture. This indicates that there is scope for enhancing WP in the Nile Basin through expanding irrigated agriculture and generally increasing yield. 2011 2014-06-13T11:41:23Z 2014-06-13T11:41:23Z Conference Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/38329 en Open Access Karimi, Poolad; Molden, David; Bastiaanssen, W. 2011. Mapping crop water productivity in the Nile Basin through combined use of remote sensing and census data. In ICID. 21st Congress on Irrigation and Drainage: Water Productivity towards Food Security, Tehran, Iran, 15-23 October 2011. New Delhi, India: ICID. pp.137-148. (ICID Transaction No. 30-A)
spellingShingle crops
water productivity
mapping
river basins
remote sensing
data
land productivity
land use
land cover
evapotranspiration
farming systems
irrigated farming
rainfed farming
pricing
economic aspects
Karimi, Poolad
David, S.
Bastiaanssen, Wim G.M.
Mapping crop water productivity in the Nile Basin through combined use of remote sensing and census data
title Mapping crop water productivity in the Nile Basin through combined use of remote sensing and census data
title_full Mapping crop water productivity in the Nile Basin through combined use of remote sensing and census data
title_fullStr Mapping crop water productivity in the Nile Basin through combined use of remote sensing and census data
title_full_unstemmed Mapping crop water productivity in the Nile Basin through combined use of remote sensing and census data
title_short Mapping crop water productivity in the Nile Basin through combined use of remote sensing and census data
title_sort mapping crop water productivity in the nile basin through combined use of remote sensing and census data
topic crops
water productivity
mapping
river basins
remote sensing
data
land productivity
land use
land cover
evapotranspiration
farming systems
irrigated farming
rainfed farming
pricing
economic aspects
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/38329
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