Geospatial information for sustainable food systems

Flood impacted irrigated cropland area in Central and Southern provinces, Malawi (2022)

Year published: 08/10/2022

Cropland for Central and Southern provinces of Malawi was prepared to assess the impacts of flooding from tropical storms from January to March 2022. The cropland data was labeled into irrigated and rainfed using water deficit index. Sentinel 1 and Sentinel 2 were used to prepare flood map. Irrigated cropland and flood data were overlaid to assess the impact of flooding on cropland.