Crop Monitor Reports
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- CropMonitor team
- GEOGLAM
Description
GEOGLAM Crop Monitor Reports
Three separate reports are published on a monthly basis to provide a monthly consensus on global crop conditions. Each report uses a combination of earth observation data together with meteorological information, field observations, and ground reports to fill information gaps related to food security at the global scale.
- In 2013, the GEOGLAM Crop Monitor monthly bulletin for the G20 Agricultural Market Information System (CM4AMIS) was launched to provide crop condition information for the major global producers and exporters, focusing on the four primary global commodity crops (wheat, maize, rice, soybean). This information is imperative for governments and other decision-making agencies as a potential decrease in production can have global consequences on both price and availability of major food sources.
- In 2016, the GEOGLAM Crop Monitor for Early Warning (CM4EW) was established to address the pressing need for enhanced reliability and trusted information regarding countries at risk of production shortfalls and food insecurity, focusing on their most important staple crops. This information gives critical support to humanitarian efforts and food security policies and is frequently used to determine how food aid and assistance are distributed.
- In 2022, the Global Crop Monitor was launched to provide a global overview of crop conditions, combining the inputs from the CM4AMIS and CM4EW in a single report.
Supplemental Reports
In addition to monthly Crop Monitor reports, in-depth mid-month Special Reports are published on an ad hoc basis by the Crop Monitor community in response to developing situations that may impact crop conditions, rapidly changing conditions on the ground, or new climatic outlooks that provide key insight on an upcoming cropping season.
Furthermore, as part of the CM4EW reporting, conflict is a driver of other-than-favourable crop conditions when armed conflict or civil unrest inhibits field access or interferes with agricultural activities such as planting, working, and harvesting of the fields by farmers. The Crop Monitor Food Security and Conflict Reports were developed in 2020 to provide further insight into each region's specific conflict situation by detailing the history of the current conflict, the agricultural baseline, and specific impacts of conflict on agricultural production and food security.
Finally, specialized versions of the Crop Monitor have been jointly developed with national and regional agencies in charge of food security and emergency response. These reports allow for more detailed, localized crop condition assessments to aid smaller-scale agricultural monitoring.
Visit the Crop Monitor website About the Reports tab for more information about the reports and resources, and visit the Archive tab for access to all published reports.