MODELING WHEAT YIELD BY USING PHENOLOGYCAL METRICS DERIVED FROM SENTINEL2 IN ARID AND SEMI-ARID REGIONS- A case study in MOROCCO

Context and background Wheat is one of the oldest cultivated plants in the world and has always been one of the most important staples for millions of people around the world and especially in North Africa, where wheat is the most used crop for typical food industry. Thus, an operational crop pr...

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Main Authors: Adra IDRISSI, Abdelaziz Htitiou, Samir Nadem, Abdelghani Boudhar, Youssef Lebrini, Tarik Benabdelouahab
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Language:English
Published: EL-AYACHI 2023-01-01
Series:African Journal on Land Policy and Geospatial Sciences
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Online Access:https://revues.imist.ma/index.php/AJLP-GS/editor/submission/35303
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author Adra IDRISSI
Abdelaziz Htitiou
Samir Nadem
Abdelghani Boudhar
Youssef Lebrini
Tarik Benabdelouahab
author_facet Adra IDRISSI
Abdelaziz Htitiou
Samir Nadem
Abdelghani Boudhar
Youssef Lebrini
Tarik Benabdelouahab
author_sort Adra IDRISSI
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description Context and background Wheat is one of the oldest cultivated plants in the world and has always been one of the most important staples for millions of people around the world and especially in North Africa, where wheat is the most used crop for typical food industry. Thus, an operational crop production system is needed to help decision makers make early estimates of potential food availability Yield estimation using remote sensing data has been widely studied, but such information is generally scarce in arid and semi-arid regions such as North Africa, where interannual variations in climatic factors, and spatial variability in particular, are major risks to food security. Goal and Objectives: The aim of this study is to develop a model to estimate wheat yield based on phenological metrics derived from SENTINEL-2 NDVI images in order to generalize a spatial model to estimate wheat yields in Morocco's semi-arid conditions Methodology: The 10 m NDVI time series was integrated into TIMESAT software to extract wheat phenology-related metrics during the 2018-2019 agricultural season, the period in which ground truth data was collected. Through the multiple stepwise regression method, all phenological metrics were used to predict wheat yield. Moreover, the accuracy and stability of produced models were evaluated using a K-fold cross-validation (K-fold CV) method. Results: The results of the obtained models indicated a good linear correlation between predicted yield and field observations (R2 = 0.75 and RMSE of 7.08q/ha). The obtained method could be a good tool for decision makers to orient their actions under different climatic conditions
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spelling doaj.art-0eb25b8dc0284a0ca1899f326f4402d32023-02-04T19:28:36ZengEL-AYACHIAfrican Journal on Land Policy and Geospatial Sciences2657-26642023-01-01Vol.6Issue 1001018https://doi.org/10.48346/IMIST.PRSM/ajlp-gs.v6i1.35303MODELING WHEAT YIELD BY USING PHENOLOGYCAL METRICS DERIVED FROM SENTINEL2 IN ARID AND SEMI-ARID REGIONS- A case study in MOROCCOAdra IDRISSI0Abdelaziz Htitiou1Samir Nadem2Abdelghani Boudhar3Youssef Lebrini4Tarik Benabdelouahab5Sultane Moulay Slimane University - MoroccoSultane Moulay Slimane University - MoroccoSultane Moulay Slimane University - MoroccoMohammed VI , Polytechnic University , Ben Guerir, MoroccoSultan Moulay Slimane, University BeniMellalNational Institute of Agronomic Research, Rabat, Morocco tarik.benabdelouahab@gmail.comContext and background Wheat is one of the oldest cultivated plants in the world and has always been one of the most important staples for millions of people around the world and especially in North Africa, where wheat is the most used crop for typical food industry. Thus, an operational crop production system is needed to help decision makers make early estimates of potential food availability Yield estimation using remote sensing data has been widely studied, but such information is generally scarce in arid and semi-arid regions such as North Africa, where interannual variations in climatic factors, and spatial variability in particular, are major risks to food security. Goal and Objectives: The aim of this study is to develop a model to estimate wheat yield based on phenological metrics derived from SENTINEL-2 NDVI images in order to generalize a spatial model to estimate wheat yields in Morocco's semi-arid conditions Methodology: The 10 m NDVI time series was integrated into TIMESAT software to extract wheat phenology-related metrics during the 2018-2019 agricultural season, the period in which ground truth data was collected. Through the multiple stepwise regression method, all phenological metrics were used to predict wheat yield. Moreover, the accuracy and stability of produced models were evaluated using a K-fold cross-validation (K-fold CV) method. Results: The results of the obtained models indicated a good linear correlation between predicted yield and field observations (R2 = 0.75 and RMSE of 7.08q/ha). The obtained method could be a good tool for decision makers to orient their actions under different climatic conditionshttps://revues.imist.ma/index.php/AJLP-GS/editor/submission/35303sentinel-2phenological metricsestimate wheat yieldndvitime series
spellingShingle Adra IDRISSI
Abdelaziz Htitiou
Samir Nadem
Abdelghani Boudhar
Youssef Lebrini
Tarik Benabdelouahab
MODELING WHEAT YIELD BY USING PHENOLOGYCAL METRICS DERIVED FROM SENTINEL2 IN ARID AND SEMI-ARID REGIONS- A case study in MOROCCO
African Journal on Land Policy and Geospatial Sciences
sentinel-2
phenological metrics
estimate wheat yield
ndvi
time series
title MODELING WHEAT YIELD BY USING PHENOLOGYCAL METRICS DERIVED FROM SENTINEL2 IN ARID AND SEMI-ARID REGIONS- A case study in MOROCCO
title_full MODELING WHEAT YIELD BY USING PHENOLOGYCAL METRICS DERIVED FROM SENTINEL2 IN ARID AND SEMI-ARID REGIONS- A case study in MOROCCO
title_fullStr MODELING WHEAT YIELD BY USING PHENOLOGYCAL METRICS DERIVED FROM SENTINEL2 IN ARID AND SEMI-ARID REGIONS- A case study in MOROCCO
title_full_unstemmed MODELING WHEAT YIELD BY USING PHENOLOGYCAL METRICS DERIVED FROM SENTINEL2 IN ARID AND SEMI-ARID REGIONS- A case study in MOROCCO
title_short MODELING WHEAT YIELD BY USING PHENOLOGYCAL METRICS DERIVED FROM SENTINEL2 IN ARID AND SEMI-ARID REGIONS- A case study in MOROCCO
title_sort modeling wheat yield by using phenologycal metrics derived from sentinel2 in arid and semi arid regions a case study in morocco
topic sentinel-2
phenological metrics
estimate wheat yield
ndvi
time series
url https://revues.imist.ma/index.php/AJLP-GS/editor/submission/35303
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