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Water Productivity

Definition

Crop production per unit of water consumed through ET expressed through kg per cubic meter, calculated per crop type.

GEOGLAM Agriculture Indicator Category
Agricultural Land Includes or is Indicated by

Each nationally relevant crop type, accounting for ~80% of total area under production, All irrigated crops or water managed crops.

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

SDG 6.4; drought monitoring; UNFCCC; UNCCD; climate adaptation; groundwater depletion pollution;Irrigation modernization; Watershed management (Agricultural water foot-printing and agricultural water trading; water allocation; water rights implementation; water saving)

Weekly to monthly, within each cropping cycle

Field, watershed, and sub-national admin units