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    • Global Fertilizer and Manure, Version 1: Nitrogen Fertilizer Application

    Metadata Updated: August 22, 2025

    The Nitrogen Fertilizer Application data set of the Global Fertilizer and Manure, Version 1 Data Collection represents the amount of nitrogen fertilizer nutrients applied to croplands. The national-level nitrogen fertilizer application rates for crops are from the International Fertilizer Industry Association (IFA) "Fertilizer Use by Crop 2002" statistics database that is available by request from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The number of crop-specific fertilizer application rates reported for each country ranged from 2 crops (Guinea) to over 50 crops (United States), and the years for which the data are reported range from 1994 to 2001. Spatially explicit fertilizer inputs of Nitrogen (N) were computed by fusing national-level statistics on fertilizer use with global maps of harvested area for 175 crops. The data were compiled by Potter et al. (2010) and are distributed by the Columbia University Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN).

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    https://doi.org/10.7927/H4KH0K81
    https://doi.org/10.7927/H4FQ9TJR
    https://doi.org/10.7927/H49Z92TD

    Dates

    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date August 22, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Additional Metadata

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    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date August 22, 2025
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    Data First Published 2012-02-21
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    Data Last Modified 2025-07-17
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    Related Documents https://doi.org/10.7927/H4KH0K81, https://doi.org/10.7927/H4FQ9TJR, https://doi.org/10.7927/H49Z92TD
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    Temporal 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z/2001-12-31T00:00:00Z

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