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The Global Croplands data set represents the proportion of land areas used as cropland (land used for the cultivation of food) in the year 2000. Satellite data from Modetate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) and Satellite Pour l'Observation de la Terre (SPOT) Image Vegetation sensors were combined with agricultural inventory data to create a global data set. The visual presentation of these data demonstrates the extent to which human land use for agriculture has changed the Earth and in which areas this change is most intense. The data were compiled by Navin Ramankutty et al. (2008) and distributed by the Columbia University Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN).
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Spatial Extent
N: 90S: -90E: 180W: -180
Spatial Resolution
0.008333 Decimal Degrees x 0.008333 Decimal Degrees
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Geddes, J. A., Martin, R. V., Brauer, M., Boys, B. L., & vanDonkelaar, A. (2010). Global Agricultural Lands: Croplands, 2000 (Version 1.00) [Data set]. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4C8276G Date Accessed: 2026-05-13
Geddes, J.A, R.V. Martin, M. Brauer, B.L. Boys, and A. vanDonkelaar. “Global Agricultural Lands: Croplands, 2000.” Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC), 2010. doi:10.7927/H4C8276G. Date Accessed: 2026-05-13
Geddes, J. A., et al. Global Agricultural Lands: Croplands, 2000. 1.00, Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC), 2010, doi:10.7927/H4C8276G. Date Accessed: 2026-05-13
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