MRH-ViT: Desert Locust Presence in Ethiopia with 59-Band Satellite Imagery (2015-2023)

MRH-ViT Desert Locust Movement Prediction Dataset contains 18,871 georeferenced multi-spectral satellite observations from Ethiopia spanning 2015 to 2023. Compiled by Rabra Olgera from FAO reports, it includes 12,114 locust presence and 6,757 absence records with 59 environmental bands per sample. The data was developed for a transformer model achieving 82.87% accuracy in predicting locust presence.

Use Cases

• Train transformer models for pest prediction based on multi-spectral satellite imagery and environmental bands.
• Develop early warning systems for agricultural protection based on locust presence/absence records with temporal lags.
• Study the influence of vegetation indices and climate data on desert locust development and migration patterns.
• Benchmark spatiotemporal prediction methods for ecological modeling using the reported 82.87% accuracy baseline.

Strengths

• 18,871 georeferenced observations provide a substantial sample size for model training.
• Includes 12,114 locust presence and 6,757 absence records for balanced classification tasks.
• Each sample comprises 59 environmental bands, including vegetation indices, climate data, soil properties, and terrain features.
• Data spans 2015-2023, offering a multi-year temporal scope for analysis.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is known, but specific file formats and size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data is geographically focused on Ethiopia, which may limit generalizability to other regions.

Provenance

Source

FAO Desert Locust Information Service reports, integrated via Google Earth Engine with data from MODIS, Landsat, Sentinel-2, SMAP, SRTM, CHIRPS, and ERA5.

Collection Method

Data extraction utilized Google Earth Engine with custom Python pipelines (available at a provided GitHub repository).

Time Range

2015-2023

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-15 04:58:16; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Ethiopia