New maps offer a clearer view of global agriculture
Laxenburg, Austria (SPX) Jan 20, 2015 - Knowing where agricultural land is located is crucial for regional and global food security planning, and information on field size offers valuable insight into local economic conditions. Two new global maps, released in the journal Global Change Biology, provide a significant step forward in global cropland information on these two topics. b>IIASA-IFPRI Global Cropland Map br> /b> The f ... more

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