Crop Residue Cover Percentage

Definition

On a cultivable and cultivated cropland, the percentage of soil covered by non-photosynthetically active vegetation that remains on a field after the harvest of a cash crop or the termination of a seasonal cover crop.

GEOGLAM Agriculture Indicator Category

Land Use

Agricultural Land Includes or is Indicated by

Perennial and non-perennial cropland masks

EAV Stewards

Alyssa Whitcraft

Andrew M. Davidson

Within Season Requirements:

Application or Policy Supported	Related Variables	Frequency of Update	Spatial Unit
Areas supported include UNFCCC (GHG inventories and NDCs), Land Degradation Neutrality (sediment/nutrient runoff and water quality), quantification of ecosystem services (commodity and direct markets), and insurance/risk.	Crop Yield Forecast; Land Management Calendar; Agricultural Burned Area Perennial Cropland Mask and Non-Perennial Cropland Mask; Crop Type Masks; Field Boundaries; Land Management Calendar; Reference Crop Calendar	Monthly monitored alongside harvestable crop’s calendar and land management calendar	Field Scale

Application or Policy Supported

Frequency of Update

Spatial Unit

Areas supported include UNFCCC (GHG inventories and NDCs), Land Degradation Neutrality (sediment/nutrient runoff and water quality), quantification of ecosystem services (commodity and direct markets), and insurance/risk.

Monthly monitored alongside harvestable crop’s calendar and land management calendar

Field Scale