Planting area of main crops in the Tibetan Autonomous Region (1951-2016)- A Big Earth Data Platform for Three Poles

The data set contains two tables: the table of crop planting area and the table of crop planting area in counties over time. These tables present the statistics of the planting area of various crops and the planting areas in counties in Tibet from 1951 to 2016. The data were derived from the Tibet Society and Economics Statistical Yearbook and Tibet Statistical Yearbook. The accuracy of the data is consistent with that of the statistical yearbooks.

Table 1: The table of crop planting area contains 14 fields.

Field 1: Year of the data

Field 2: The total crop planting area, unit: 1000 hectares

Field 3: Grain crop planting area, unit: 1000 hectares

Field 4: Hulless barley planting area, unit: 1000 hectares

Field 5: Wheat planting area, unit: 1000 hectares

Field 6: Winter wheat planting area, unit: 1000 hectares

Field 7: Legume planting area, unit: 1000 hectares

Field 8: Root and tuber crop planting area, unit: 1000 hectares

Field 9: Oil crop planting area, unit: 1000 hectares

Field 10: Rapeseed planting area, unit: 1000 hectares

Field 11: Peanut planting area, unit: 1000 hectares

Field 12: Other crop planting area, unit: 1000 hectares

Field 13: Vegetable planting area, unit: 1000 hectares

Field 14: Silage crop planting area, unit: 1000 hectares

Table 2: The table of crop planting area in each county over time contains 7 fields.

Field 1: Year of the data

Field 2: Districts and counties included in the data

Field 3: Crop planting area, unit: 1000 hectares

Field 4: Grain crop planting area, unit: 1000 hectares

Field 5: Grain planting area, unit: 1000 hectares

Field 6: Legume planting area, unit: 1000 hectares

Field 7: Oil crop planting area, unit: 1000 hectares

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National Bureau of Statistics. (2018). Planting area of main crops in the Tibetan Autonomous Region (1951-2016). A Big Earth Data Platform for Three Poles, (Download the reference： RIS | Bibtex )

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