01/2022 – 06/2023

RS4AIM

The RS4AIM project (Remote Sensing for large-scale Agricultural Investment Monitoring in Ethiopia) is financed by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), a service provider assisting the German government in the field of international cooperation for sustainable development. In this project methods to monitor land use and classify field crops in Ethiopia are being developed and the corresponding information products generated. Special classification challenges are the sometimes small-scale field structures and the extensive cloud cover in the regions being investigated. 

Against the background of an uncertain and unprofitable food situation the expansion of efficient and sustainable agriculture in Ethiopia is especially important. The findings of the RS4AIM project are intended to support the monitoring of current land use and the implementation of better land management approaches. 

RS4AIM
In the RS4AIM project the DFD Department of Land Surface Dynamics is developing methods to monitor land use in Ethiopia. Drawing on Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 satellite data, areas suitable for agricultural use will be classified as to their exploitation as well as the field crops grown on them.
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