Application of the Concept of Land Degradation Neutrality for Remote Monitoring of Agricultural Sustainability of Irrigated Areas in Uzbekistan
Abstract
:1. Introduction
- avoiding new degradation of land by maintaining existing healthy land;
- reducing existing degradation by adopting sustainable land management practices;
- accelerating efforts to restore degraded lands to a natural or more productive state [3].
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Researching Area
2.2. Methods
3. Results
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Region | Total Area, Thousand Hectares | Agricultural Lands | Irrigated Lands in Total (Incl. Farmlands, Forests, Horticulture, etc.) | ||
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Thousand Hectares | % | Thousand Hectares | % | ||
Andijan | 430.3 | 255.4 | 59.4 | 274.2 | 63.7 |
Namangan | 718.1 | 387.9 | 54.0 | 290.0 | 40.4 |
Fergana | 700.5 | 320.4 | 45.7 | 368.5 | 52.6 |
Syrdarya | 427.6 | 287.4 | 67.2 | 286.3 | 67.0 |
Uzbekistan (in total) | 44,892.4 | 25,639.0 | 57.1 | 4329.0 | 9.6 |
LDN Indicator | Data Set | Resolution (Meters) | Time Period |
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Land Cover | ESA CCI LC | 300 | 1992–2020 |
Land Productivity (NDVI) | MOD13Q1 | 250 | 18 February 2000–17 February 2023 |
Soil Organic Carbon | Soil Grids | 250 | 2020 |
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Kust, G.; Andreeva, O.; Shklyaeva, D. Application of the Concept of Land Degradation Neutrality for Remote Monitoring of Agricultural Sustainability of Irrigated Areas in Uzbekistan. Sensors 2023, 23, 6419. https://doi.org/10.3390/s23146419
Kust G, Andreeva O, Shklyaeva D. Application of the Concept of Land Degradation Neutrality for Remote Monitoring of Agricultural Sustainability of Irrigated Areas in Uzbekistan. Sensors. 2023; 23(14):6419. https://doi.org/10.3390/s23146419
Chicago/Turabian StyleKust, German, Olga Andreeva, and Darya Shklyaeva. 2023. "Application of the Concept of Land Degradation Neutrality for Remote Monitoring of Agricultural Sustainability of Irrigated Areas in Uzbekistan" Sensors 23, no. 14: 6419. https://doi.org/10.3390/s23146419
APA StyleKust, G., Andreeva, O., & Shklyaeva, D. (2023). Application of the Concept of Land Degradation Neutrality for Remote Monitoring of Agricultural Sustainability of Irrigated Areas in Uzbekistan. Sensors, 23(14), 6419. https://doi.org/10.3390/s23146419