Geospatial information for sustainable food systems

Flood as an indicator for food security in eastern Terai, Nepal (2017-2022)

Year published: 02/03/2023

Flooding in the lowlands of Nepal is common. To assess the hazards to food security in eastern terai, flood occurrence for 2017-2022 and people’s exposure to flood are calculated. Cropland data is obtained from the land cover of Nepal (2019) and flood occurrence from a change detection approach using Sentinel-1 (SAR) data. The population data are obtained from the Central Bureau of Statistics (2021), Nepal.