Onisimo Mutanga

Umkhuseli Innovation and Research Management — South Africa

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

66h-index17.6kcitations458works3.52yr avg
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Research Topics

Remote Sensing in Agriculture(276), Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications(106), Land Use and Ecosystem Services(94), Species Distribution and Climate Change(77), Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses(49)

Publications458 total

Assessing neglected and underutilised taro crop water status using physiological indicators and UAV multi-modal thermal-multispectral data
Precision Agriculture·2026Open Access
Mapping Robusta coffee (Coffea canephora) cropping systems in Uganda: A two-step pixel and sub-pixel based approach with Sentinel-2 data
PLoS ONE·2026Open Access
Spatial Inequalities and Detection Bias in Non-Communicable Disease Risks: A Bayesian Hierarchical Study of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Region
SSRN Electronic Journal·2026Open Access
Spatial-temporal coupling of malaria vector habitat suitability and biting probability
Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology·2025
Determining the contiguous effect of local climate zones (LCZs) on the land surface temperature distribution in eThekwini municipality
Journal of Urban Management·2025Open Access
Determining the influence of livelihoods, land access, and location on household food and nutrition security in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Agricultural and Food Economics·2025Open Access
Mapping sub-surface distribution of soil organic carbon stocks in South Africa's arid and semi-arid landscapes: Implications for land management and climate change mitigation
Geoderma Regional·2025Open Access
Enhancing the estimation of equivalent water thickness in neglected and underutilized taro crops using UAV acquired multispectral thermal image data and index-based image segmentation
Remote Sensing Applications Society and Environment·2025
Fine-scale mapping of irrigation suitability in South Africa using ensemble modelling
Scientific Reports·2025Open Access
Exploring the utility of remote sensing technology in vegetation below ground biomass (BGB) estimation: a critical review of methods and challenges
Frontiers in Remote Sensing·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Corrigendum to ‘Mapping sub-surface distribution of soil organic carbon stocks in South Africa's arid and semi-arid landscapes: Implications for land management and climate change mitigation’ [Geoderma Regional Volume 37, 2024, e00817]
Geoderma Regional·2025Open Access
Assessing land degradation in the Upper Manyame sub-catchment area, Zimbabwe using the RUSLE prediction model
South African Geographical Journal·2025Open Access
Assessing the Potential of Drone Remotely Sensed Data in Detecting the Soil Moisture Content and Taro Leaf Chlorophyll Content Across Different Phenological Stages
Water·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Enhancing target crop discrimination: a novel shadow detection technique for RGB datasets in mixed agricultural environments
Journal of Spatial Science·2025
Multi-temporal analysis of taro crop water stress using high-resolution thermal and multispectral proximal sensing for improved resilience of smallholder farming systems
Smart Agricultural Technology·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
The use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) remotely sensed data and biophysical variables to predict maize Above-Ground Biomass (AGB) in small-scale farming systems
Remote Sensing Applications Society and Environment·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Monitoring bush encroachment in Bisley Nature Reserve using RapidEye and PlanetScope data
Landscape Ecology·2025Open Access
A critical review on the applications of Sentinel satellite datasets for soil moisture assessment in crop production
International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation·2025· 6 citedOpen Access
Exploring forest rehabilitation and restoration: A brief systematic review
Trees Forests and People·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Rapid detection of human-induced impacts on key urban green infrastructure within eThekwini municipality, South Africa, using MODIS and residual trend analysis
Journal of Spatial Science·2025
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Frequent Co-authors

Timothy Dube(13), Elhadi Adam(11), Andrew K. Skidmore(9), John Odindi(9), Riyad Ismail(7), Elfatih M. Abdel‐Rahman(6), Lalit Kumar(5), Mbulisi Sibanda(5), Cletah Shoko(4), Moses Azong Cho(3), Elhadi Adam(3), Jelle G. Ferwerda(3), Samuel Adelabu(3), Terence Darlington Mushore(3), Alistair Clulow(3), Vimbayi Grace Petrova Chimonyo(3), Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi(3), Denis Rugege(2), H.H.T. Prins(2), Sabelo Madonsela(2)