Review of Applications of Remote Sensing towards Sustainable Agriculture in the Northern Savannah Regions of Ghana

AW Moomen, LL Yevugah, L Boakye, JD Osei… - Agriculture, 2024‏ - mdpi.com
This paper assesses evidence-based applications of Remote Sensing for Sustainable and
Precision Agriculture in the Northern Savanna Regions of Ghana for three decades (1990 …

[HTML][HTML] The significance of small reservoirs in sustaining agricultural landscapes in dry areas of West Africa: A review

S Owusu, O Cofie, M Mul, J Barron - Water, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
Water scarcity is a growing challenge in semi-arid and sub-humid areas. There are over
2000 small reservoirs (SRs) with storage capacities of up to 1× 106 m3 across West Africa's …

Low-cost sensors and multi-temporal remote sensing for operational turbidity monitoring in an East African wetland environment

S Steinbach, A Rienow, MW Chege… - IEEE Journal of …, 2024‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Many wetlands in East Africa are farmed and wetland reservoirs are used for irrigation,
livestock, and fishing. Water quality and agriculture have a mutual influence on each other …

Stakeholder perceptions on landscape governance in Northern Ghana: A Q-Study to identify common concern entry points for integrated landscape approaches

ERC Bayala - Environmental Management, 2024‏ - Springer
In a landscape, perceptions can influence people's actions and behavior toward natural
resource use. Improving landscape governance, therefore, requires understanding the …

Water indices for surface water extraction using geospatial techniques: A brief review

KK Purnam, AD Prasad, P Ganasala - Sustainable Water Resources …, 2024‏ - Springer
Water is essential for global water cycle. This natural wealth is invaluable. Water is used for
drinking, making food, to make a living, and to maintain good health. The life quality of the …

[HTML][HTML] Map** land suitability for informal, small-scale irrigation development using spatial modelling and machine learning in the Upper East Region, Ghana

K Akpoti, TP Higginbottom, T Foster, R Adhikari… - Science of the Total …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Small-scale irrigation has gained momentum in recent years as one of the development
priorities in Sub-Saharan Africa. However, farmer-led irrigation is often informal with little …

Impacts of climate change on crop and irrigation water requirement in the Savannah regions of Ghana

ABM Incoom, KA Adjei, SN Odai, K Akpoti… - Journal of Water and …, 2022‏ - iwaponline.com
Irrigation is important for food security, however, water requirements for sustainable
irrigation may be affected by climate change. The study analysed water requirements of two …

Using scenario building and participatory map** to negotiate conservation-development trade-offs in Northern Ghana

ERC Bayala, KO Asubonteng, M Ros-Tonen, H Djoudi… - Land, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
In multifunctional landscapes, expanding economic activities jeopardise the integrity of
biodiverse ecosystems, generating conservation-development trade-offs that require multi …

Land use land cover (LULC) degradation intensity analysis of Guinea savannah and mosaic Forest savannah zones in Ghana

KS Dahan, RA Kasei, R Husseini - All Earth, 2023‏ - Taylor & Francis
Ghana is increasingly affected by climate change, increased soil aridity, demographic
problems, and unfavourable environmental factors. In the context of conservation, protection …

Combining Satellite images and the hydraulic engineering archive to map the processes of reservoir construction in **njiang

S Li, J Li, W Du, S Liu, H Wang, J ** - Remote Sensing, 2024‏ - mdpi.com
Reservoirs are essential hydraulic facilities for water resource allocation in **njiang. Since
the 1950s, many reservoirs have been constructed for oasis water resource utilization in …