1. A Comparative Estimation of Maize Leaf Moisture Content on Smallholder Farming Systems Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Based Proximal Remote Sensing

Understanding maize moisture conditions is necessary for crop monitoring and developing early warning systems to optimise agricultural production in smallholder farms. Therefore, this study evaluated the utility of UAV derived multispectral imagery and machine learning techniques in estimating maize leaf moisture indicators; equivalent water thickness (EWT), fuel moisture content (FMC) and specific leaf area (SLA). The results illustrated that both NIR and red-edge derived spectral variables were... S. Ndlovu