Gumma, M K and Thenkabail, P S and Teluguntla, P and Ahmed, I and Ahmed, Ismail and Uppala, D and Whitbread, A M (2016) Monitoring of Spatio-temporal Dynamics of Rabi Rice Fallows in South-Asia using Remote Sensing. In: Geospatial Technologies in Land Resource Mapping, Monitoring and Management, August 05-25, 2016, NBSS & LUP, Nagpur, India. (Submitted)
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Abstract
Cereals and grain legumes are the most important part of human diet and nutrition. The rural population of low income groups in dry land areas of South Asia depends on these staples. Expansion of grain legumes with improved productivity to cater the growing population’s nutritional security is of prime importance and need of the hour. Rice-fallows are best niche areas with residual moisture to grow short duration legumes there by achieving intensification. Identifying suitable areas for grain legumes and cereal grains is important in this region. In this context, the goal of this study was to map fallow lands followed by rainy season (kharif) rice cultivation or post rainy (rabi) fallows in rice growing environments between 2005 and 2015 using temporal moderate-resolution imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) data applying Spectral matching techniques. This study was conducted in South Asia where different rice eco-systems exist. MODIS 16-days normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) at 250m spatial resolution and season wise intensive ground survey data were used to map rice systems and the fallows thereafter (rabi-fallows) in South Asia. The rice maps were validated with independent ground survey data and compared with available sub-national level statistics. Overall accuracy and kappa coefficient estimated for rice classes were 81.5% and 0.79 respectively with ground survey data. The derived physical rice area and irrigated areas were highly correlated with the sub-national statistics with R2 values of 84% at the district level for the year 2005-06 and 2015-16. Results clearly show that rice-fallows areas increased from 2005 to 2015. The results show spatial distribution of rice-fallows in South Asia which are identified as target domains for sustainable intensification of short duration grain legumes, fixing the soil nitrogen and increasing incomes of small holder farmers.
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
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| Divisions: | Research Program : Innovation Systems for the Drylands (ISD) |
| CRP: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Seasonal rice mapping, Rice-fallows, MODIS 250m, NDVI, Spectral Matching techniques, Ground survey data, Grain legumes, Potential areas |
| Subjects: | Others > GIS Techniques/Remote Sensing |
| Depositing User: | Mr Ramesh K |
| Date Deposited: | 31 Jan 2018 06:29 |
| Last Modified: | 31 Jan 2018 06:29 |
| URI: | http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/10412 |
| Acknowledgement: | UNSPECIFIED |
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