2_use_case_name: Global Food Security-Support Analysis Data (GFSAD) Project
3_agency: Department of the Interior
3_abr: DOI
4_bureau: USGS
8_topic_area: Mission-Enabling
10_commercial_ai: None of the above.
11_purpose_benefits: Climate variability and ballooning populations are putting unprecedented pressure on agricultural croplands and their water use, which are vital for ensuring global food and water security in the twenty-first century. In addition, the COVID-19 pandemic, military conflicts, and changing diets have added to looming global food insecurity. Therefore, there is a critical need to produce consistent and accurate global cropland products at fine spatial resolution (e.g., farm-scale, 30m or better), which are generated consistently, accurately, and routinely (e.g., every year).

Therefore, the overarching goal of this continuity NASA MEaSUREs (Making Earth System Data Records for Use in Research Environments) proposal is to develop a comprehensive global food security-support analysis data (GFSAD) project that will produce multiple cropland models, maps, and monitoring tools leading to a wide array of products using machine learning algorithms (MLAs), Artificial Intelligence (AI), and satellite sensor big-data analytics through cloud-computing. The GFSAD project, will produce four distinct Landsat-derived global cropland products. These products are:
1. Global Cropland Extent Product @ 30m (LGCEP30-2020, LGCEP30-2025).
2. Global Rainfed and Irrigated Product @ 30m (LGRIP30-2020, LGRIP30-2025).
3. Global Cropping Intensity Product @ 30m (LGCIP30-2020 & LGRIP30-2025) &
4. Global Crop Type Product @ 30m for USA, Canada, and India (LGCTY30-2020USACAN, LGCTY30-2025USACAN; LGCTY30-2020India, LGCTY30-2025India).

The GFSAD Data is released through NASA's LP DAAC (links below):
https://lpdaac.usgs.gov/news/release-of-gfsad-30-meter-cropland-extent-products/
https://lpdaac.usgs.gov/news/release-of-lgrip30-data-product/
https://lpdaac.usgs.gov/products/gfsad1kcdv001/
https://lpdaac.usgs.gov/products/gfsad1kcmv001/

GFSAD Data can be visualized at:
https://www.usgs.gov/apps/croplands/app/map

GFSAD website for further information:
www.usgs.gov/wgsc/gfsad30
12_outputs: Outputs were not documented and DOI will update the use cases once additional data is collected from submitter
16_dev_stage: Acquisition and/or Development
17_impact_type: Neither
22_dev_method: Developed in-house.
24_hisp_support: No
27_public_info: Yes
28_iqa_compliance: USGS Fundamental Science Practicies Policies
29_contains_pii: No
30_saop_review: No
31_data_catalog: Yes
34_data_docs: Documentation is complete: Documentation exists regarding the maintenance, composition, quality, and intended use of the training and evaluation data, as well as any statistical bias across model features and protected groups. 
37_custom_code: Yes
38_code_access: Yes – agency has access to source code, but it is not public.
40_has_ato: Yes
41_system_name: Science Support System (SSS)
42_dev_tools_wait: Less than 6 months
43_infra_provisioned: Yes
45_compute_request: Yes
47_timely_resources: Yes
49_existing_reuse: Use of existing data platforms: This use case is being developed on existing enterprise data and analytics platforms within the agency rather than procuring additional platforms or SaaS to operate.
50_internal_review: Documentation has been published: Complete documentation has been published to a repository or data catalog within the agency and is made accessible to other data science teams for review and feedback.
51_extension_request: No – Agency did not request an extension for this use case.