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A new cropland area database by country circa 2020
Francesco N. Tubiello
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Statistics Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, Rome, Italy
Giulia Conchedda
Statistics Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, Rome, Italy
Leon Casse
Statistics Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, Rome, Italy
Pengyu Hao
Digitalization and Informatics Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, Rome, Italy
Giorgia De Santis
Statistics Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, Rome, Italy
Zhongxin Chen
Digitalization and Informatics Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, Rome, Italy
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We describe a new dataset of cropland area circa the year 2020, with global coverage and country detail. Data are generated from geospatial information on the agreement characteristics of six high-resolution cropland maps. By helping to highlight features of cropland characteristics and underlying causes for agreement across land cover products, the dataset can be used as a tool to help guide future mapping efforts towards improved agricultural monitoring.
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