Multiple factors influence the consistency of cropland datasets in Africa

Accurate geo-information of cropland is critical for food security strategy development and grain production management, especially in Africa continent where most countries are food-insecure. Over the past decades, a series of African cropland maps have been derived from remotely-sensed data, existi...

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Autores principales: Wei, Yanbing, Lu, Miao, Wu, Wenbin, Ru, Yating
Formato: Journal Article
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Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142645
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author Wei, Yanbing
Lu, Miao
Wu, Wenbin
Ru, Yating
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description Accurate geo-information of cropland is critical for food security strategy development and grain production management, especially in Africa continent where most countries are food-insecure. Over the past decades, a series of African cropland maps have been derived from remotely-sensed data, existing comparison studies have shown that inconsistencies with statistics and discrepancies among these products are considerable. Yet, there is a knowledge gap about the factors that influence their consistency. The aim of this study is thus to estimate the consistency of five widely-used cropland datasets (MODIS Collection 5, GlobCover 2009, GlobeLand30, CCI-LC 2010, and Unified Cropland Layer) in Africa, and to explore the effects of several limiting factors (landscape fragmentation, climate and agricultural management) on spatial consistency. The results show that total cropland area for Africa derived from GlobeLand30 has the best fitness with FAO statistics, followed by MODIS Collection 5. GlobCover 2009, CCI-LC 2010, and Unified Cropland Layer have poor performances as indicated by larger deviations from statistics. In terms of spatial consistency, disagreement is about 37.9 % at continental scale, and the disparate proportion even exceeds 50 % in approximately 1/3 of the countries at national scale. We further found that there is a strong and significant correlation between spatial agreement and cropland fragmentation, suggesting that regions with higher landscape fragmentation generally have larger disparities. It is also noticed that places with better consistency are mainly distributed in regions with favorable natural environments and sufficient agricultural management such as well-developed irrigated technology. Proportions of complete agreement are thus located in favorable climate zones including Hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Csa), Subtropical highland climate (Cwb), and Temperate Mediterranean climate (Csb). The level of complete agreement keeps rising as the proportion of irrigated cropland increases. Spatial agreement among these datasets has the most significant relationship with cropland fragmentation, and a relatively small association with irrigation area, followed by climate conditions. These results can provide some insights into understanding how different factors influence the consistency of cropland datasets, and making an appropriate selection when using these datasets in different regions. We suggest that future cropland mapping activities should put more effort in those regions with significant disagreement in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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spelling CGSpace1426452025-12-08T10:11:39Z Multiple factors influence the consistency of cropland datasets in Africa Wei, Yanbing Lu, Miao Wu, Wenbin Ru, Yating spatial data databases data accuracy cartography capacity development farmland land cover Accurate geo-information of cropland is critical for food security strategy development and grain production management, especially in Africa continent where most countries are food-insecure. Over the past decades, a series of African cropland maps have been derived from remotely-sensed data, existing comparison studies have shown that inconsistencies with statistics and discrepancies among these products are considerable. Yet, there is a knowledge gap about the factors that influence their consistency. The aim of this study is thus to estimate the consistency of five widely-used cropland datasets (MODIS Collection 5, GlobCover 2009, GlobeLand30, CCI-LC 2010, and Unified Cropland Layer) in Africa, and to explore the effects of several limiting factors (landscape fragmentation, climate and agricultural management) on spatial consistency. The results show that total cropland area for Africa derived from GlobeLand30 has the best fitness with FAO statistics, followed by MODIS Collection 5. GlobCover 2009, CCI-LC 2010, and Unified Cropland Layer have poor performances as indicated by larger deviations from statistics. In terms of spatial consistency, disagreement is about 37.9 % at continental scale, and the disparate proportion even exceeds 50 % in approximately 1/3 of the countries at national scale. We further found that there is a strong and significant correlation between spatial agreement and cropland fragmentation, suggesting that regions with higher landscape fragmentation generally have larger disparities. It is also noticed that places with better consistency are mainly distributed in regions with favorable natural environments and sufficient agricultural management such as well-developed irrigated technology. Proportions of complete agreement are thus located in favorable climate zones including Hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Csa), Subtropical highland climate (Cwb), and Temperate Mediterranean climate (Csb). The level of complete agreement keeps rising as the proportion of irrigated cropland increases. Spatial agreement among these datasets has the most significant relationship with cropland fragmentation, and a relatively small association with irrigation area, followed by climate conditions. These results can provide some insights into understanding how different factors influence the consistency of cropland datasets, and making an appropriate selection when using these datasets in different regions. We suggest that future cropland mapping activities should put more effort in those regions with significant disagreement in Sub-Saharan Africa. 2020-07-01 2024-05-22T12:10:48Z 2024-05-22T12:10:48Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142645 en Open Access Elsevier Wei, Yanbing; Lu, Miao; Wu, Wenbin; and Ru, Yating. 2020. Multiple factors influence the consistency of cropland datasets in Africa. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation Volume 89(July 2020): 102087. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2020.102087
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databases
data
accuracy
cartography
capacity development
farmland
land cover
Wei, Yanbing
Lu, Miao
Wu, Wenbin
Ru, Yating
Multiple factors influence the consistency of cropland datasets in Africa
title Multiple factors influence the consistency of cropland datasets in Africa
title_full Multiple factors influence the consistency of cropland datasets in Africa
title_fullStr Multiple factors influence the consistency of cropland datasets in Africa
title_full_unstemmed Multiple factors influence the consistency of cropland datasets in Africa
title_short Multiple factors influence the consistency of cropland datasets in Africa
title_sort multiple factors influence the consistency of cropland datasets in africa
topic spatial data
databases
data
accuracy
cartography
capacity development
farmland
land cover
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142645
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