In 2015, the German development agency GIZ funded a project with aim to manage flood risk and increase agricultural productivity in the Afar region of Ethiopia. This region faces extreme water variability, including severe droughts and floods. The main objective of the project was the construction of water spreadin weirs to green previously dry river areas.
GeoCodis developed a monitoring application to assess the efficiency of these weirs, promoting greater vegetation growth and extended water retention. The application uses historical and current satellite imagery from Landsat and Sentinel to monitor vegetation, water, and other indices. Data related to the water spreadin weirs is initially transferred from the Google Earth Engine platform to a server, where users can then download the necessary data for further analysis and reporting using the open-source plugin in the QGIS environment. The system is designed to function offline once the required data has been downloaded from the server.
Employees from the Ministry of Agriculture in Addis Ababa and its regional branches utilize this application to carry out their work.
