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Land Management Calendar

Definition

Identification of the timing of agricultural management practices undertaken on a unit of land around a main crop’s cycle.
 

GEOGLAM Agriculture Indicator Category
Agricultural Land Includes or is Indicated by

For Global Analyses, the target is the same croplands on which crops covered by the GEOGLAM Crop Monitor for AMIS and Crop Monitor for Early Warning are cultivated.

For National Analyses, the target is the perennial and non-perennial croplands upon which each nationally relevant crop type is cultivated, accounting for ~80% of total area under production.

Within Season Requirements:
Application or Policy Supported Related Variables Frequency of Update Spatial Unit

UN SDGs (esp. 2.4), UNFCCC, 4 per million, agricultural sustainability and MRV, water resource management, climate-smart agriculture and ecosystem services markets.

Latency requirements will be highly dependent upon application and policy atmosphere.

Sub-field to field