Identification of the timing of agricultural management practices undertaken on a unit of land around a main crop’s cycle.
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.
Application or Policy Supported | Related Variables | Frequency of Update | Spatial Unit |
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UN SDGs (esp. 2.4), UNFCCC, 4 per million, agricultural sustainability and MRV, water resource management, climate-smart agriculture and ecosystem services markets. |
Some interdependencies with mapping and timing variables, but none dependent Reference Crop Calendars, Current Crop Stage, Irrigation Events Timing, Agriculture Mask,Perennial Crop Type Map, Non-Perennial Crop Type Map, Seasonal Fallow Mask |
Latency requirements will be highly dependent upon application and policy atmosphere. |
Sub-field to field |