New rice crop mask data for Mozambique

The data contains information on the Chókwè Irrigation Scheme (CIS) in southern Mozambique, one of the country's largest irrigation schemes and a major rice-producing area.

The map was produced within the framework of the FAO Water Productivity through Open-access of Remotely Sensed Derived Data (WaPOR) project in collaboration with the National Irrigation Authority (INIR) under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Mozambique. This task involved mapping land cover and rice crops using Sentinel-2 imagery, field data collection campaigns, and machine learning techniques, following the FAO crop mapping methodology to support irrigation performance assessment and agricultural monitoring. 

The final crop map supports the Irrigation Performance Assessment Tool (IPAT) for improved estimation of crop yield and water use and provides a reference dataset for future agricultural monitoring activities in Mozambique. 

More info about the app: https://data.apps.fao.org/?lang=en&share=f-73bca629-e850-4d9e-8e84-9bad35846463