Towards a user-friendly and customizable global crop mapping system
WorldCereal Phase I to demonstrate feasibility of global crop mapping
In 2023 ESA WorldCereal released the first dynamic system to provide cropland and crop type maps at 10 meter spatial resolution. The WorldCereal consortium succeeded in providing detailed and seasonally updated global maps of temporary crops, crop type (maize, winter cereals and spring cereals) and irrigation for the year 2021. In the process, WorldCereal also released a fully open, harmonized database of in-situ reference data related to land cover, crop type and irrigation. Discover more about the objectives and achievements of WorldCereal Phase I on this dedicated web page or check out the video below.
WorldCereal Phase II to boost user uptake
As from December 2023, the WorldCereal consortium entered a new 3-year phase in which the team will boost user uptake of the system by the broad agricultural monitoring community. This will be accomplished through a combination of system improvement and dedicated user engagement activities. The specific objectives of the new phase include:
- Offer a cloud-based processing system allowing anyone to train and apply cropland/crop type detection models using open EO datasets
- Demonstrate the accuracy and use of the WorldCereal classification products in the context of global to regional monitoring of food security
- Actively encourage and train the agricultural monitoring community in the use of the WorldCereal system
Read more about ESA WorldCereal Phase II in the official announcement and WorldCereal Phase II objectives, and subscribe to our WorldCereal mailing below to stay informed!
WorldCereal released a new processing system to generate custom cropland and crop type maps at field scale
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WORLDCEREAL RELEASED THE FIRST GLOBAL, SEASONALLY UPDATED TEMPORARY CROPS, CROP TYPE AND IRRIGATION MAPS AT 10 M RESOLUTION
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WORLDCEREAL AIMS TO OPEN AND SHARE AGRICULTURAL REFERENCE DATA AND SUPPORT OPEN SCIENCE
WorldCereal Reference Data Module
WorldCereal is a global R&D challenge aiming to engage the global agricultural community to achieve optimal results. One of the major bottlenecks in creating high quality global crop maps, is the limited availability of harmonized in-situ reference data.
Throughout the project, the consortium has collected and harmonized over 100 in-situ datasets for different regions in the world and made them publicly available in our Reference Data Module.
Are you able to share a dataset or part of a dataset? Become one of the WorldCereal data providers today and contribute to advance the state-of-the-art on global crop mapping and be at the forefront of this global innovative initiative.