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From Existing Crop Maps to Training Samples: Leveraging Local Crop-Mapping Initiatives to Strengthen WorldCereal’s Global Crop Mapping

07/04/2026
Discover how ESA’s WorldCereal project turns existing crop maps into training samples for data-sparse regions to boost food security and close critical gaps in crop monitoring.

Upcoming Crop Mapping Training Events 2026

31/03/2026
One of the missions of the WorldCereal project is to spread the knowledge we gain in crop mapping and effectively lower the barrier for non-EO experts to generate customized crop type maps in an efficient and operational way.

Introducing CASHEWS: a Follow-Up Project on Early Warning Systems for Agriculture

18/02/2026
WorldCereal is contributing to CASHEWS, a follow-up study to better understand and enhance early warning systems for agriculture, thereby improving global food security.

Rewatch Webinar: What Does it Take to Upscale WorldCereal?

19/12/2025
On 9 December, the WorldCereal team hosted a webinar on how they are upscaling for global crop monitoring. Rewatch the recording to learn more.

Food Security and Crop Mapping: Building a Better Picture of Global Cropland

17/11/2025
The ESA WorldCereal project plays an important role in food security. Its global crop maps and processing tools provide cricital insights for agriculture policy decision-making. Discover how in this interactive, animated web story.

Geo-Embeddings Workflow: New WorldCereal Functionality

19/09/2025
WorldCereal now provides an open-source workflow to generate and access underlying geospatial embeddings directly, so you can explore them yourself and build on top of them for custom applications.

WorldCereal System Now Live: Help Us Shape the Future of Global Crop Mapping

16/06/2025
The WorldCereal project has officially entered its second phase and is now looking for user feedback from the agriculture community on its crop mapping systems.

Rewatch webinar: Leverage Your Own Reference Data for Tailored Crop Mapping

27/03/2025

Join the webinar on March 19: Leverage your own reference data for tailored crop mapping

20/02/2025

FAO study highlights the value of WorldCereal for global crop monitoring

19/02/2025
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has published an independent analysis.

The 1st WorldCereal MOOC on Reference Data for Crop Type Mapping is now live

04/02/2025
We are thrilled to announce the launch of the 1st WorldCereal Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Reference Data for Crop Type Mapping!

In-situ data for global crop mapping

09/01/2025
WorldCereal counts on the global agricultural monitoring community for collecting high-quality in-situ data to train and validate global crop classification algorithms.