ASSESSMENT OF CROP ROTATION USING MULTI POLARIZED SENTINEL-1 TEMPORAL SAR DATA OVER PARTS OF KUMAUN REGION OF UTTARAKHAND

The results show that ‘wheat to paddy’ is the highest practiced crop rotation with 27.95% coverage, whereas ‘mustard to sugarcane’ is the lowest practiced crop rotation with 2.86% coverage of the entire area of the study provided with 80% of an overall accuracy acquired from the ground-truth data from IIRS/ISRO. It is a benefit for the decision-makers, administrators and policymakers to take reliable decisions about a particular region regarding land management and natural resources.