Abstract:The war in Tigray, Ethiopia has displaced millions of people and created a humanitarian crisis. However, the impacts of the conflict on cultivated land area and local food production remains poorly quantified, hindering aid efforts. We used Sentinel-2 satellite imagery and developed multiple cultivation detection criteria based on Normalized Difference Vegetation Index time series validated using field observations from 2021 and 2022. Significant net losses of well cultivated land in highland croplands (elevat… Show more
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