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Osório, B.; Redhead, J.W.; Jarvis, S.G.; May, L.; Pywell, R.F.

CEH Land Cover plus: Fertilisers 2010-2015 (England)
(Fertiliser application maps for England (2010-2015))

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https://doi.org/10.5285/15f415db-e87b-4ab5-a2fb-37a78e7bf051
This product consists of maps of predicted average annual application rates of three different inorganic chemical fertilisers – nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) - in England across a six-year period (2010-2015). The estimates, along with their respective estimates of uncertainty, are provided at a 1 km x 1 km resolution. These data were modelled from Defra British Survey of Fertiliser Practice (BSFP) data using a spatial interpolation procedure.

Different uses and potential applications of the produced maps, including the following:
1) Modelling nutrient fate to predict impacts of changes in farming practices (intensification/extensification) on nutrient runoff to water;
2) Estimating greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions due to fertiliser application to crops and grassland (linked with air quality impacts);
3) Quantifying past and future impacts of eutrophication and/or agricultural management on agricultural ecosystems and indicators such as arable plants, farmland birds, pollinators;
4) Linking crop growth models to predict areas where better nutrient management may improve yields;
5) Improving policies aimed at mitigating negative impacts of fertiliser use (e.g. catchment sensitive farming to reduce pollution and/or improve water quality).


This data product was funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) under research programme NE/N018125/1 Achieving Sustainable Agricultural Systems (ASSIST). ASSIST is an initiative jointly supported by NERC and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC).
Publication date: 2019-02-04
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TIFF

Spatial information

Study area
Spatial representation type
Raster
Spatial reference system
OSGB 1936 / British National Grid

Temporal information

Temporal extent
2010-01-01    to    2015-12-31

Provenance & quality

These maps were created under the ASSIST (Achieving Sustainable Agricultural Systems) project by staff at the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology to enable exploration of the impacts of agrochemical usage on the environment, enabling farmers and policymakers to implement better, more sustainable agricultural practices.

The maps use data from the British Survey of Fertiliser Practice (BSFP) (DEFRA) and CEH Land Cover® plus: Crops and have been assessed for quality. For further information, please see the supporting documentation available with this data product.

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Bespoke licensing conditions apply to these data. If you choose to download the data, the CEH Data Licensing team will contact you to negotiate a licence

Cite this dataset as:
Osório, B.; Redhead, J.W.; Jarvis, S.G.; May, L.; Pywell, R.F. (2019). CEH Land Cover plus: Fertilisers 2010-2015 (England). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/15f415db-e87b-4ab5-a2fb-37a78e7bf051

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Data from the Achieving Sustainable Agricultural Systems programme (ASSIST)

Citations

Brown, C., Seo, B., Alexander, P., Burton, V., Chacón‐Montalván, E.A., Dunford, R., Merkle, M., Harrison, P.A., Prestele, R., Robinson, E.L., & Rounsevell, M.(2022). Agent‐Based Modeling of Alternative Futures in the British Land Use System. Earth’s Future, 10(11) https://doi.org/10.1029/2022ef002905
Zhang, Y., Wu, L., Jebari, A., & Collins, A.L. (2024). Impacts of reduced synthetic fertiliser use under current and future climates: Exploration using integrated agroecosystem modelling in the upper River Taw observatory, UK. In Journal of Environmental Management (Vol. 351, p. 119732). Elsevier BV. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.119732
Upcott, E.V., Henrys, P.A., Redhead, J.W., Jarvis, S.G., & Pywell, R.F. (2023). A new approach to characterising and predicting crop rotations using national-scale annual crop maps. In Science of The Total Environment (Vol. 860, p. 160471). Elsevier BV. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.160471
Corcoran, E., Afshar, M., Curceac, S., Lashkari, A., Raza, M.M., Ahnert, S., Mead, A., & Morris, R. (2023). Current data and modeling bottlenecks for predicting crop yields in the United Kingdom. In Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems (Vol. 7). Frontiers Media SA. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2023.1023169

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Correspondence/contact details

Bruno Osório
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Maclean Building, Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford
Wallingford
Oxfordshire
OX10 8BB
UNITED KINGDOM
 enquiries@ceh.ac.uk

Authors

Osório, B.
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Redhead, J.W.
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Jarvis, S.G.
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
May, L.
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Pywell, R.F.
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

Other contacts

Rights holder
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Custodian
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
 info@eidc.ac.uk
Publisher
NERC Environmental Information Data Centre
 info@eidc.ac.uk

Additional metadata

Topic categories
environment
farming
INSPIRE theme
Land Use
Keywords
Achieving Sustainable Agricultural Systems , Agriculture , ASSIST , England , Fertiliser application , Land use , Mapping , Nitrogen , Phosphorus , Potassium
Funding
Natural Environment Research Council Award: NE/N018125/1
Last updated
28 May 2024 07:08