Water debt for the annual production of nine major crops globally at 5 arcmin resolution for the year 2000

Gridded data of water debt for year 2000. The water debt expresses the number of years required by the hydrological cycle to replenish the water source (soil moisture, surface water, ground water) that have been used to accomplish the annual production of nine major crops. The considered crops are: wheat, maize, rice, soybean, sugar cane, sugar beet, cotton, barley, sorghum. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/45cb218c-b050-4ee8-8c87-73d3895a111f