DIWASA Rainfed and Irrigated Cropland Map for Africa

Description

A framework integrating the Budyko model has been developed to distinguish between rainfed and irrigated cropland areas across Africa. This expands on remote sensing land cover products available for agricultural water studies in Africa and thereby helps address the need for deeper insights into cropland patterns. Validation against an independent dataset revealed an overall accuracy of 73% with high precision and specificity scores. These results validate the framework’s effectiveness in identifying irrigated areas while minimizing errors in misclassifying rainfed areas as irrigated.

Update Frequency

None

License

There are no restrictions on the use of this data.

Documentation

https://github.com/iwmiwaplus/ODR/tree/master/Partitioned%20Croplands

Managed By

IWMI

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Contact

iwmiwaplus@gmail.com

How to Cite

DIWASA Rainfed and Irrigated Cropland Map for Africa was accessed on DATE from https://registry.opendata.aws/cropland_partitioining.

Usage Examples

Tutorials

• Cropland percentage by iwmiwaplus
  

Tools & Applications

• Water use in Awash basin by A. Owusu, K. Akpoti, M. Leh, N. Velpuri
  

Publications

• A framework for disaggregating remote-sensing cropland into rainfed and irrigated classes at continental scale by Owusu, A., Kagone, S., Leh, M., Velpuri, N. M., Gumma, M. K., Ghansah, B., Thilina-Prabhath, P., Akpoti, K., Mekonnen, K., Tinonetsana, P., & Mohammed, I.
  
• Rainfed and Irrigated Cropland Areas for Africa by Owusu, A., Kagone, S., Leh, M., and Velpuri, N.M.