Seasonal Fallow Mask

Seasonal Fallow Mask

Definition

A binary determination of cultivable cropland that is not seeded (for harvestable crop or seasonal cover crop) for at least one or more cropping cycle(s) in a year. If left uncultivated for more than 1 cultivable cycle, it is eliminated from the Agriculture Mask.

 

GEOGLAM Agriculture Indicator Category
Land Use
Agricultural Land Includes or is Indicated by

Agriculture Mask

EAV Stewards
Alyssa Whitcraft
Bettina Baruth
Ian Jarvis
Sven Gilliams
Within Season Requirements:
Application or Policy Supported Related Variables Frequency of Update Spatial Unit

Policy areas supported include:

  1. Farm support programs
  2. Changes in the agricultural landscape
  3. Land degradation / soil restoration
  4. Eco-system services and biodiversity
  5. Climate Change (LULUCF sector)
  6. SDG 15.3, 2.4
     

Cropland Mask, Rangeland Mask, Field Boundaries

Agriculture Mask, Field Boundaries, Reference Crop Calendars, Land Management Calendar

 

Seasonally monitored as input to an annual product update

Field Scale