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4. \textbf{Local knowledge}: Information on historic and present crop rotations practiced in a region will be used to correct and inform the algorithm.  Algorithm to identify crop rotations is as follows:  1. Compute moving (5-year) averages of crop acreage. Use these averages to compute the percentage of a crop rotation occupied by a specific crop.    1.1 If the area occupied by the crops in a region/grid cell is not the same, use the least area crop to determine the crop rotations. The crop with the greatest area will necessarily have some monoculture.    2. Compute decadal average of fertilizer usage by crop.  3. Use the decadal average as a proxy for crop rotation intensity.