MPGRIDS is a global georeferenced dataset providing microplastics (MPs) inputs into agricultural land as a result of the application of organic matter applications used as fertilizers. MPGRIDS focuses on organic farming practiced on 73 selected crops in fructiculture and horticulture that uses various sources of organic matter including manure, sludge from wastewater treatment plants, digested, fermented or composted municipal organic wastes, or agricultural and industrial refining matter. The crops are masked using CROPGRIDS.
Link to dataset: https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/MPGRIDS_v1_01/28557569
Link to paper: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ae84ea
NPKGRIDS is a global georeferenced dataset providing fertilizer application rates for three main plant nutrients, nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) across 173 crops for the year 2020, at a resolution of 0.05° (about 5.6km at the equator). Crop type name, harvested area and crop area definitions used in NPKGRIDS are aligned to the relevant UN-FAO commodities and land use definitions, and replicate those in CROPGRIDS.
Link to dataset: https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/NPKGRIDS/24616050
Link to paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-024-04030-4
CROPGRIDS is a global georeferenced dataset providing harvested and crop (physical) area of 173 crops for the year 2020, at a resolution of 0.05° (about 5.6km at the equator). Crop type name, harvested area and crop area definitions used in CROPGRIDS are aligned to the relevant UN-FAO commodities and land use definitions.
Link to dataset: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.22491997
Link to paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-024-03247-7
PEST-CHEMGRIDS is a global georeferenced dataset providing the crop-specific application rates of 95 pesticide active ingredients at 5 arc-min resolution (about 10 km at the equator) for the year 2015, and projections to 2025.
Link to dataset: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.22491997
Link to paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-019-0169-4
A high resolution version of PEST-CHEMGRIDS for the European Union based on PEST-CHEMGRIDSv1.01 for 53 pesticide active ingredients at 250 m resolution for the year 2018.
Link to dataset: https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/Pesticides_application_rate_maps_in_the_European_Union_at_high_spatial_resolution/27743286
Link to paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-025-05031-7
PEST-CHEMGRIDS v2 (beta version)
PEST-CHEMGRIDS v2 is an update to PEST-CHEMGRIDSv1.01, which includes 115 pesticide active ingredients at 0.05 degree resolution (about 5.5 km at the equator) for the year 2015 and 2018.
Link to dataset: https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/PESTCHEMGRIDS_v2_01_beta_version_/25854769
Link to paper: N/A
SOIL-WATERGRIDS is a global georeferenced dataset providing dynamic changes in soil moisture and depth of water table over 45 years from 1970 to 2014 globally resolved at 0.25 × 0.25 degree resolution (about 30 × 30 km at the equator) along a 56 m deep soil profile. SOIL-WATERGRIDS estimates were obtained using the BRTSim model, a process-based model accounting for soil physical and hydraulic properties, land cover and use characteristics, and hydrometeorological variables to account for precipitation, ecosystem-specific evapotranspiration, snowmelt, surface runoff, and irrigation.
Link to dataset: https://zenodo.org/records/4997453
Link to paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-021-01032-4