KSA 4: Water Utilisation in Agriculture.
Thrust 3: Water Utilisation for Poverty Reduction and Wealth Creation in Agriculture.
Programme 1: Sustainable water-based agricultural activities in rural communities.
Title :Estimating and mapping cultivated areas, crop water use and yield through integrating machine learning and remotely sensed data for improved decision support systems.
ToR ID : 1009875
Contact Person: Luxon Nhamo <luxonn@wrc.org.za>
Closing Date : 30 October 2021
Brief description of ToR
Monitoring irrigation water demand and consumption, as well as estimating crop yield, require accurate mapping of both rainfed and irrigated areas to facilitate informed policy formulations that enhance equitable water allocation, irrigation planning and drought and relief preparedness. Accurately mapped cultivated areas have become critical in recent years due to the need to achieve food self-sufficiency and at the same time be water-secure amidst the challenges brought about by climate change. This has resulted in increased developments in irrigation facilities in recent times. However, developments in irrigated agriculture are exacerbating water stress due to increased demand.
