Improved global cropland data as an essential ingredient for food security

Lack of accurate maps on the extent of global cropland, and particularly the spatial distribution of major crop types, hampers policy and strategic investment and could potentially impede efforts to improve food security in an environment characterized by continued market volatility and a changing c...

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Main Authors:	See, Linda, Fritz, Steffen, You, Liangzhi, Ramankutty, R., Herrero, Mario, Justice, Chris, Becker-Reshef, Inbal, Thornton, Philip K., Erb, Karlheinz, Gong, Peng, Tang, H., Velde, Marijn van der, Ericksen, Polly J., McCallum, Ian, Kraxner, Florian, Obersteiner, Michael
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	Inglés
Published:	Elsevier 2015
Subjects:	crowd sourcing data analysis climate land resources farmland agriculture land cover mapping climate change adaptation food security land cover
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/10568/51392