A global open-source dataset of monthly irrigated and rainfed cropped areas (MIRCA-OS) for the 21st century
Abstract Crop production is among the most extensive human activities on the planet – with critical importance for global food security, land use, environmental burden, and climate. Yet despite the key role that croplands play in global land use and Earth systems, there remains little understanding...
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| author | Endalkachew Abebe Kebede Kevin Ong’are Oluoch Stefan Siebert Piyush Mehta Sarah Hartman Jonas Jägermeyr Deepak Ray Tariq Ali Kate A. Brauman Qinyu Deng Wei Xie Kyle Frankel Davis |
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| description | Abstract Crop production is among the most extensive human activities on the planet – with critical importance for global food security, land use, environmental burden, and climate. Yet despite the key role that croplands play in global land use and Earth systems, there remains little understanding of how spatial patterns of global crop cultivation have recently evolved and which crops have contributed most to these changes. Here we construct a new data library of subnational crop-specific irrigated and rainfed harvested area statistics and combine it with global gridded land cover products to develop a global gridded (5-arcminute) irrigated and rainfed cropped area (MIRCA-OS) dataset for the years 2000 to 2015 for 23 crop classes. These global data products support critical insights into the spatially detailed patterns of irrigated and rainfed cropland change since the start of the century and provide an improved foundation for a wide array of global assessments spanning agriculture, water resource management, land use change, climate impact, and sustainable development. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e945c870dcd645c4953c26e025e5b2a62025-02-09T12:11:52ZengNature PortfolioScientific Data2052-44632025-02-0112112810.1038/s41597-024-04313-wA global open-source dataset of monthly irrigated and rainfed cropped areas (MIRCA-OS) for the 21st centuryEndalkachew Abebe Kebede0Kevin Ong’are Oluoch1Stefan Siebert2Piyush Mehta3Sarah Hartman4Jonas Jägermeyr5Deepak Ray6Tariq Ali7Kate A. Brauman8Qinyu Deng9Wei Xie10Kyle Frankel Davis11Department of Geography and Spatial Sciences, University of DelawareDepartment of Geography and Spatial Sciences, University of DelawareDepartment of Crop Sciences, University of GöttingenDepartment of Geography and Spatial Sciences, University of DelawareDepartment of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California BerkeleyColumbia University, Climate SchoolInstitute On the Environment, University of MinnesotaSchool of Economics and Management, Jiangxi Agricultural UniversityGlobal Water Security Center, University of AlabamaBeijing Key Lab of Study on Sci-Tech Strategy for Urban Green Development, Business School, Beijing Normal UniversityChina Center for Agricultural Policy, School of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Peking UniversityDepartment of Geography and Spatial Sciences, University of DelawareAbstract Crop production is among the most extensive human activities on the planet – with critical importance for global food security, land use, environmental burden, and climate. Yet despite the key role that croplands play in global land use and Earth systems, there remains little understanding of how spatial patterns of global crop cultivation have recently evolved and which crops have contributed most to these changes. Here we construct a new data library of subnational crop-specific irrigated and rainfed harvested area statistics and combine it with global gridded land cover products to develop a global gridded (5-arcminute) irrigated and rainfed cropped area (MIRCA-OS) dataset for the years 2000 to 2015 for 23 crop classes. These global data products support critical insights into the spatially detailed patterns of irrigated and rainfed cropland change since the start of the century and provide an improved foundation for a wide array of global assessments spanning agriculture, water resource management, land use change, climate impact, and sustainable development.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-04313-w |
| spellingShingle | Endalkachew Abebe Kebede Kevin Ong’are Oluoch Stefan Siebert Piyush Mehta Sarah Hartman Jonas Jägermeyr Deepak Ray Tariq Ali Kate A. Brauman Qinyu Deng Wei Xie Kyle Frankel Davis A global open-source dataset of monthly irrigated and rainfed cropped areas (MIRCA-OS) for the 21st century Scientific Data |
| title | A global open-source dataset of monthly irrigated and rainfed cropped areas (MIRCA-OS) for the 21st century |
| title_full | A global open-source dataset of monthly irrigated and rainfed cropped areas (MIRCA-OS) for the 21st century |
| title_fullStr | A global open-source dataset of monthly irrigated and rainfed cropped areas (MIRCA-OS) for the 21st century |
| title_full_unstemmed | A global open-source dataset of monthly irrigated and rainfed cropped areas (MIRCA-OS) for the 21st century |
| title_short | A global open-source dataset of monthly irrigated and rainfed cropped areas (MIRCA-OS) for the 21st century |
| title_sort | global open source dataset of monthly irrigated and rainfed cropped areas mirca os for the 21st century |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-04313-w |
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