For MVP stick with the most simple justifiable encoding.
For example:
- irrigation (conventional, reduced, drip)
- fertilization (conventional mineral N, reduced mineral N, organic N)
- cropping history (already done as EOFs but could've been categorical but it complicated)
- tillage (categorical zero, reduced, conventional)
EOFs are OK, ideally interpretable, but only if it is simpler or more justified than categories like those above.
For MVP stick with the most simple justifiable encoding.
For example:
EOFs are OK, ideally interpretable, but only if it is simpler or more justified than categories like those above.