About Shupel
Shupel is a PhD Student at Geographic department of Humboldt univesity, Berlin, Germany, and Leibniz center for agricultural landscape research (ZALF). Her background is Geoinformation and earth observation.
Full title
Diseases and pests impacts on crop production under climate change in Nigeria-combining remote sensing and agro-Ecosystem modelling.
Contact: esther.shupel.ibrahim.1@geo.hu-berlin.de, esther_shupel.ibrahim@zalf.de, esther.shupel@gmail.com
About the project
Distinguished studies have brought to focus that agriculture in many developing countries would be more sensitive to climate change than in the developed nations. In many regions of Africa, severe cases of pest and crop diseases are linked to the negative impacts of climate change such as rising average temperatures and changes in precipitation regimes. Pests and diseases are two important factors that may depress the maximum achievable yields through different mechanisms. This has exacerbated damages in agricultural systems at all production levels. The problems are prominent in Nigeria, where rainfed subsistence farming dominates and crop systems are largely affected by a slight alteration in climate variables. The specific goals of her PhD research are:
- Use robust automated remote sensing techniques to identify maize and potato fields in Nigeria’s Plateau State
- Develop a suitable remote sensing methodology to detect and map the spatial distribution of acute pest and disease infestations on these crops
- Using climate, physical and multisource remote sensing data and approaches to characterize areas with high risk of pest and crop diseases
- Advance agroecosystem crop modeling to adequately understand yield response to pest and crop disease as a result of climate change
Location of education
HU Berlin and ZALF
Period
From Jun 2019 to Jun 2022
Supervisors
- Primary professor: Prof. Patrick Hostert (HU-Berlin)
- First supervisor: Dr. Claas Nendel (ZALF)
- Advisor: Dr. Bahareh Kamali (ZALF)
Funded by
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
