Syria Agriculture and Land Monitoring Dashboard

The Agriculture Monitoring module provides rapid vegetation health assessments of user-defined areas of interest, including printable vegetation health change maps and t-tests between two periods. Developed to support Mercy Corps' Climate Smart initiatives, this tool measures changes in vegetation health without requiring specialized GIS knowledge. Tailored for monitoring, evaluation, and learning specialists, it offers an objective way to measure programmatic intervention impacts using satellite imagery—a novel approach for MEAL teams across the aid sector.

The Challenge

Mercy Corps needed an objective way to measure the impact of Climate Smart agricultural interventions without requiring specialized GIS expertise, enabling MEAL teams to assess programmatic outcomes using satellite imagery.

Our Solution

We developed an agriculture monitoring dashboard that provides rapid vegetation health assessments with printable change maps and statistical analysis. The tool requires no GIS expertise, making satellite-based impact measurement accessible to MEAL specialists—a novel approach in the humanitarian sector.

Technologies Used

Key Outcomes

• Enabled objective measurement of agricultural intervention impacts
• Made satellite-based analysis accessible to non-GIS specialists
• Supported Climate Smart initiative evaluation
• Introduced novel MEAL approach using satellite imagery