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Diverse Rotations Improve Valuable Ecosystem Services (DRIVES) Database
The DRIVES database combines of historical data from long-term agricultural field experiments throughout North America. Currently, the database contains crop yield, weather, agronomic management, and experimental metadata for 21 long-term experimental sites in the US, Canada, and Mexico. For details on DRIVES research and participating sites, visit https://www.drives-network.org/.As of May 2025, 17 sites have agreed to release the first round of data to the public on two conditions. First, users must complete a data request form to be granted access: https://www.drives-network.org/data-request. Second, any publications or products must adequately acknowledge the DRIVES data by citing this repository and acknowledging the Ontario Agri-Food Innovation Alliance for Canadian sites.After completing the data request form, you will receive an email with instructions for logging into the database. Canadian sites require a separate data request form emailed to acorrend@uoguelph.ca (Elora) and dhooker@uoguelph.ca (Ridgetown). A partially filled form is included in this repository and at https://www.drives-network.org/data-request. Users can download and harmonize database tables using the drivesR package, which can be installed from github.com/DRIVES-Project/drivesR. Instructions for installing and using the package can be found on our github page: drives-project.github.io/drivesR/This repository contains metadata tables, dictionaries, and inventories of DRIVES data. Detailed descriptions of each resource can be found in the README file.
Complete Metadata
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|---|---|
| accessLevel | public |
| bureauCode |
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| contactPoint |
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"fn": "Muller, Katherine E.",
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}
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| description | <p dir="ltr">The DRIVES database combines of historical data from long-term agricultural field experiments throughout North America. Currently, the database contains crop yield, weather, agronomic management, and experimental metadata for 21 long-term experimental sites in the US, Canada, and Mexico. For details on DRIVES research and participating sites, visit <a href="https://www.drives-network.org/" target="_blank">https://www.drives-network.org/</a>.</p><p dir="ltr">As of May 2025, 17 sites have agreed to release the first round of data to the public on two conditions. First, users must complete a data request form to be granted access: <a href="https://www.drives-network.org/data-request" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.drives-network.org/data-request</a>. Second, any publications or products must adequately acknowledge the DRIVES data by citing this repository and acknowledging the Ontario Agri-Food Innovation Alliance for Canadian sites.</p><p dir="ltr">After completing the <a href="https://www.drives-network.org/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">data request form</a>, you will receive an email with instructions for logging into the database. Canadian sites require a separate data request form emailed to <a href="mailto:acorrend@uoguelph.ca" target="_blank">acorrend@uoguelph.ca</a> (Elora) and <a href="mailto:dhooker@uoguelph.ca" target="_blank">dhooker@uoguelph.ca</a> (Ridgetown). A partially filled form is included in this repository and at <a href="https://www.drives-network.org/data-request" target="_blank">https://www.drives-network.org/data-request</a>. Users can download and harmonize database tables using the <a href="https://drives-project.github.io/drivesR/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">drivesR package</a>, which can be installed from <a href="https://github.com/DRIVES-Project/drivesR." rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">github.com/DRIVES-Project/drivesR</a>. Instructions for installing and using the package can be found on our github page: <a href="https://drives-project.github.io/drivesR/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">drives-project.github.io/drivesR/</a></p><p dir="ltr">This repository contains metadata tables, dictionaries, and inventories of DRIVES data. Detailed descriptions of each resource can be found in the README file.</p> |
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| identifier | 10779/USDA.ADC.28654694.v1 |
| keyword |
[
"North America",
"agronomic management",
"crop diversity",
"crop rotation",
"crop yields",
"long term experiments",
"sustainable agriculture",
"weather station data"
]
|
| license | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ |
| modified | 2025-11-21 |
| programCode |
[
"005:040"
]
|
| publisher |
{
"name": "Agricultural Research Service",
"@type": "org:Organization"
}
|
| temporal | 1962-01-01/2021-12-31 |
| title | Diverse Rotations Improve Valuable Ecosystem Services (DRIVES) Database |
