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Assessing potential locations for flood-based farming using satellite imagery: a case study of Afar region, Ethiopia

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https://doi.org/10.1017/S1742170519000516
doi:10.1017/S1742170519000516
 
Title Assessing potential locations for flood-based farming using satellite imagery: a case study of Afar region, Ethiopia
 
Creator Gumma, M K
Amede, T
Getnet, M
Pinjarla, B
Pranay, P
Legesse, G
Tilahun, G
Van den Akker, E
Berdel, W
Keller, C
Siambi, M
Whitbread, A M
 
Subject Floods
GIS Techniques/Remote Sensing
Ethiopia
 
Description The dry lowlands of Ethiopia are seasonally affected by long periods of low rainfall and, coinciding
with rainfall in the Amhara highlands, flood waters which flow onto the lowlands resulting in
damage to landscapes and settlements. In an attempt to convert water from storm generated
floods into productive use, this study proposes a methodology using remote sensing data and
geographical information system tools to identify potential sites where flood spreading weirs
may be installed and farming systems developed which produce food and fodder for poor
rural communities. First, land use land cover maps for the study area were developed using
Landsat-8 and MODIS temporal data. Sentinel-1 data at 10 and 20m resolution on a 12-day
basis were then used to determine flood prone areas. Slope and drainage maps were derived
from Shuttle RADAR Topography Mission Digital Elevation Model at 90m spatial resolution.
Accuracy assessment using ground survey data showed that overall accuracies (correctness) of
the land use/land cover classes were 86% with kappa 0.82. Coinciding with rainfall in the
uplands, March and April are the months with flood events in the short growing season
(belg) and June, July and August have flood events during the major (meher) season. In the
Afar region, there is potentially >0.55m ha land available for development using seasonal
flood waters from belg or meher seasons. During the 4 years of monitoring (2015–2018), a minimum
of 142,000 and 172,000 ha of land were flooded in the belg and meher seasons, respectively.
The dominant flooded areas were found in slope classes of
 
Publisher Cambridge University Press
 
Date 2020-02
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/11376/1/assessing_potential_locations_for_floodbased_farming_using_satellite_imagery_a_case_study_of_afar_region_ethiopia.pdf
Gumma, M K and Amede, T and Getnet, M and Pinjarla, B and Pranay, P and Legesse, G and Tilahun, G and Van den Akker, E and Berdel, W and Keller, C and Siambi, M and Whitbread, A M (2020) Assessing potential locations for flood-based farming using satellite imagery: a case study of Afar region, Ethiopia. Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems (TSI). pp. 1-15. ISSN 1742-1705