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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">ISPRS-Archives</journal-id>
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<journal-title>The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences</journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="publisher">ISPRS-Archives</abbrev-journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="nlm-ta">Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci.</abbrev-journal-title>
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<issn pub-type="epub">2194-9034</issn>
<publisher><publisher-name>Copernicus Publications</publisher-name>
<publisher-loc>Göttingen, Germany</publisher-loc>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.5194/isprs-archives-XLVIII-4-W19-2025-45-2026</article-id>
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<article-title>STAF-Net: An Innovative Framework for Wheat Yield Prediction</article-title>
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<contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>El Ayyadi</surname>
<given-names>Mohamed</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Meghraoui</surname>
<given-names>Khadija</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>El Hamdani</surname>
<given-names>Maryam</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">
<sup>2</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Bensiali</surname>
<given-names>Saloua</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">
<sup>2</sup>
</xref>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff3">
<sup>3</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Lozzi</surname>
<given-names>Assia</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3980-9811</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">
<sup>2</sup>
</xref>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff4">
<sup>4</sup>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Sebari</surname>
<given-names>Imane</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff5">
<sup>5</sup>
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<label>1</label>
<addr-line>Research Unit of Geospatial Technologies for a Smart Decision, IAV Hassan II, Rabat, 10101, Morocco</addr-line>
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<aff id="aff2">
<label>2</label>
<addr-line>Research Unit of Plant Production Sciences and Agroecology, IAV Hassan II, Rabat, 10101, Morocco</addr-line>
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<aff id="aff3">
<label>3</label>
<addr-line>Department of Applied Statistics and Computer Science, IAV Hassan II, Rabat, 10101, Morocco</addr-line>
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<aff id="aff4">
<label>4</label>
<addr-line>Department of Crop Production, Protection and Biotechnology, IAV Hassan II, Rabat, 10101, Morocco</addr-line>
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<aff id="aff5">
<label>5</label>
<addr-line>Department of Photogrammetry and Cartography, School of Geomatics and Surveying Engineering, IAV Hassan II, Rabat 10101, Morocco</addr-line>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>03</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2026</year>
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<volume>XLVIII-4/W19-2025</volume>
<fpage>45</fpage>
<lpage>53</lpage>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright: &#x000a9; 2026 Mohamed El Ayyadi et al.</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2026</copyright-year>
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<license-p>This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this licence, visit <ext-link ext-link-type="uri"  xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</ext-link></license-p>
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<p>Accurate crop yield forecasting is critical for optimizing agricultural resource management and ensuring food security. This study introduces STAFNet (Spatial-Temporal Attention Fusion Network), an innovative deep learning framework designed to integrate multispectral Sentinel-2 imagery and climatic variables for wheat yield prediction under limited data conditions. Classical machine learning models (Random Forest, XGBoost, Support Vector Machine) and a CNN-LSTM architecture were evaluated for comparison. Additionally, a Generative Adversarial Network (GAN) was employed to generate realistic synthetic multispectral images, addressing dataset scarcity and enhancing model generalization. Experiments were conducted in Sidi Yahya Zaer, Morocco, using simulated yield data derived from NDVI-based statistical modeling for the 2020&amp;ndash;2024 period. Results show that XGBoost achieved strong baseline performance (R&amp;sup2; = 0.919), while STAFNet exhibited superior temporal stability and accuracy. Incorporating GAN-based augmentation further improved STAFNet&amp;rsquo;s performance, reaching R&amp;sup2; = 0.935 and significantly reducing RMSE and MAE. Multi-horizon testing confirmed robust early-season predictive capability from January onwards. These findings highlight the combined benefits of attention-based architectures and synthetic data generation for in-season yield forecasting, offering a scalable, cost-effective solution adaptable to various crops and regions.</p>
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