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Analyzing yield and/or water productivity gaps
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13/12/2024
Case study qLCC (quality Land Cover Classification)
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28/11/2024
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Case study RET (Reference Evapotranspiration)
Assessing/monitoring water and/or land productivity
An assessment on field-scale spatial variability of sugarcane yield with satellite
14/02/2024
This study investigates the relationship between actual evapotranspiration (AETI) and yield in remote sensing AETI products by WaPOR and Vandersat by taking into consideration two modalities of measuring plant stress....
AETI (Actual Evapotranspiration and Interception)
Assessing/monitoring the water consumption of crops
Monitoring Water Productivity using AquaCrop
14/02/2024
In this last Water Productivity Masterclass Series webinar (week 6), the presenters touch on the agronomic aspects of water productivity. AquaCrop is used to derive water productivity for fields in...
AETI (Actual Evapotranspiration and Interception)
Assessing/monitoring the water consumption of crops
IREY (Irrigation Reference to Enhance Yield)
14/02/2024
The Smart Irrigation App “IREY” was developed to provide real-time irrigation schedules in Tunisia for selected crops (i.e., wheat, barley, sugar beets, oats and corn). Irrigation schedules in the Smartphone...
E (Evaporation)
Assessing/monitoring the impact of a stressor (drought conflict … ) on agriculture
WaPOR for monitoring agriculture in conflict areas
14/02/2024
Agricultural data occupies a central place in how our food systems are presently managed as well as the resources linked to them such as water or other inputs. In light...
AETI (Actual Evapotranspiration and Interception)
Assessing/monitoring water and/or land productivity
Irrigation Performance Assessment Abadiska and UAAIE Irrigation Scheme
14/02/2024
Understanding the performance of this irrigation scheme is of great importance for evaluating the productivity of other schemes. Such understanding could help to design possible intervention mechanisms that could be...
AETI (Actual Evapotranspiration and Interception)
Assessing/monitoring water resources
Water Accounting in the Nile River Basin
14/02/2024
Water Accounting + (WA+) is a tool that allows for the collection, analysis, summary and reporting of water related information in river basins. WA+ uses remotely sensed and other open...
AETI (Actual Evapotranspiration and Interception)
Providing advisory services to farmers
IRWI (Irrigation Water Information)
14/02/2024
This mobile application supports farmers' decision-making in matters of water management and productivity. It provides information on agro-meteorological nature, crop status, irrigation quantity, and scheduling, as well as fuel costs....
AETI (Actual Evapotranspiration and Interception)
Assessing/monitoring water resources
Investigating the changes in agricultural land use and actual evapotranspiration of the Urmia Lake basin based on FAO’s WaPOR database
14/02/2024
The purpose of this study is the investigation of the relationship between agricultural land-use changes and the decrease of the Lake Urmia water level. This was achieved calculating the actual evapotranspiration...
AETI (Actual Evapotranspiration and Interception)
Understanding spatial variability of water-related and plant activity-related variables
Atlas of Land Cover Maps: Sahel and West Africa
14/02/2024
WaPOR data was used to derive a rough land cover description of the countries of the Sahel. TBP and NPP were used as proxies to show the spatial distribution of...
AGBP (Above Ground Biomass Production) [no longer offered]
Supporting solutions to reduce yield and productivity gaps
Bridging the gap between technology and policy: An assessment on how to report progress in efficient water use in agriculture by means of remote sensing data
14/02/2024
This thesis investigates the gap existing between the technical sphere of remote sensing technologies for water productivity (WaPOR) and the policy-making sphere that can use the insights from the former...
Assessing/monitoring water resources
Water Accounting in Kenya 2010-2021
14/02/2024
The World Bank realized a desktop water accounting study in Kenya for the years 2010-2021. WaPOR data was used alongside a variety of other data sources. The objective was to attempt...
AETI (Actual Evapotranspiration and Interception)
Assessing/monitoring water resources
Water Accounting in the Awash River Basin
14/02/2024
Water Accounting + (WA+) is a tool that allows for the collection, analysis, summary and reporting of water related information in river basins. WA+ uses remotely sensed and other open...
AETI (Actual Evapotranspiration and Interception)
Understanding spatial variability of water-related and plant activity-related variables
MAPME: maps for planning, monitoring and evaluation in development cooperation
14/02/2024
MAPME is an initiative by KfW, MapTailor Geospatial Consulting, and Agence Française de Développement to provide free and open access to GIS tools and Earth observation in international development cooperation. MAPME repositories contain R codes...
Monitoring and supporting decisions to improve irrigation
Solar Irrigation Potential Mapping in Africa
14/02/2024
This study identifies the potential areas for solar based irrigation in Africa. The framework uses a number of publicly available datasets of solar irradiation, land use, water resources, solar pump...
AETI (Actual Evapotranspiration and Interception)
Providing advisory services to farmers
LARI-LEB
14/02/2024
This mobile application developed by LARI  provides its users (farmers) with information and recommendations that can help them better manage their farm activities. This information is presently mostly meteorological and...
AETI (Actual Evapotranspiration and Interception)
Monitoring and supporting decisions to improve irrigation
A Practical Farmers’ Toolkit – Geodata for Climate Smart Agriculture in Egypt
14/02/2024
The 'Farmers Toolkit' as presented in this project contains various geodata tools applicable for farmers to assist their decision-making and adopt climate smart agricultural practices, WaPOR data being one of...
Assessing/monitoring the water consumption of crops
Validation and calibration of FAO's WaPOR product (actual evapotranspiration) in Iran using in-situ measurements
14/02/2024
This study focuses on the Zayanderoud basin in Iran and aims to calibrate and validate WaPOR evapotranspiration (AETI) data using a scintillometer, an instrument that measures variations in temperature, humidity,...
AETI (Actual Evapotranspiration and Interception)
Monitoring the impact of drought
Drought observe: near-real-time drought monitoring for Africa using FAO WaPOR datasets
14/02/2024
The monitoring system uses WaPOR's bio-physical indicators in conjunction with rainfall data to detect drought-induced vegetation stress. It outputs near real-time high-resolution spatial maps of drought intensities over Africa in,...
AETI (Actual Evapotranspiration and Interception)