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Yield Forecasting of Spring Maize Using Remote Sensing and Crop Modeling in Faisalabad-Punjab Pakistan

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Real time, accurate and reliable estimation of maize yield is valuable to policy makers in decision making. The current study was planned for yield estimation of spring maize using remote sensing and crop modeling. In crop modeling, the CERES-Maize model was calibrated and evaluated with the field experiment data and after calibration and evaluation, this model was used to forecast maize yield. A Field survey of 64 farm was also conducted in Faisalabad to collect data on initial field conditions and crop management data. These data were used to forecast maize yield using crop model at farmers’ field. While in remote sensing, peak season Landsat 8 images were classified for landcover classification using machine learning algorithm. After classification, time series normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) and land surface temperature (LST) of the surveyed 64 farms were calculated. Principle component analysis were run to correlate the indicators with maize yield. The selected LSTs and NDVIs were used to develop yield forecasting equations using least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) regression. Calibrated and evaluated results of CERES-Maize showed the mean absolute % error (MAPE) of 0.35–6.71% for all recorded variables. In remote sensing all machine learning algorithms showed the accuracy greater the 90%, however support vector machine (SVM-radial basis) showed the higher accuracy of 97%, that was used for classification of maize area. The accuracy of area estimated through SVM-radial basis was 91%, when validated with crop reporting service. Yield forecasting results of crop model were precise with RMSE of 255 kg ha−1, while remote sensing showed the RMSE of 397 kg ha−1. Overall strength of relationship between estimated and actual grain yields were good with R2 of 0.94 in both techniques. For regional yield forecasting remote sensing could be used due greater advantages of less input dataset and if focus is to assess specific stress, and interaction of plant genetics to soil and environmental conditions than crop model is very useful tool.

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  1. Agro-climatology Lab, Department of Agronomy, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan

    Ishfaq Ahmad, Umer Saeed, Muhammad Fahad & Ashfaq Ahmad

  2. Agronomic Research Station, Karor-Layyah, Punjab, Pakistan

    Asmat Ullah

  3. Department of Agronomy, MNS-University of Agriculture, Multan, Pakistan

    M. Habib ur Rahman

  4. Center for Remote Sensing, Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA

    Jasmeet Judge

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Ahmad, I., Saeed, U., Fahad, M. et al. Yield Forecasting of Spring Maize Using Remote Sensing and Crop Modeling in Faisalabad-Punjab Pakistan. J Indian Soc Remote Sens 46, 1701–1711 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12524-018-0825-8

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