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Agro-ecological Zones of Africa |
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Identification Number: |
doi:10.7910/DVN/HJYYTI |
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Distributor: |
Harvard Dataverse |
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Date of Distribution: |
2013-09-27 |
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2 |
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Bibliographic Citation: |
Sebastian, Kate, 2009, "Agro-ecological Zones of Africa", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/HJYYTI, Harvard Dataverse, V2 |
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Citation |
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Title: |
Agro-ecological Zones of Africa |
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Identification Number: |
doi:10.7910/DVN/HJYYTI |
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Authoring Entity: |
Sebastian, Kate |
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Producer: |
HarvestChoice |
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Date of Production: |
2009 |
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Distributor: |
Harvard Dataverse |
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Distributor: |
International Food Policy Research Institute |
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Access Authority: |
IFPRI-DATA |
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Date of Distribution: |
2009 |
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Holdings Information: |
https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/HJYYTI |
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Study Scope |
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Keywords: |
Other, Climate, Altitude, Rainfall, Temperature, Agroecology, Agriculture, Suitability, Agroecological zones |
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Topic Classification: |
Geographic Information System |
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Abstract: |
Agroecological zones (AEZs) are geographical areas exhibiting similar climatic conditions that determine their ability to support rainfed agriculture. At a regional scale, AEZs are influenced by latitude, elevation, and temperature, as well as seasonality, and rainfall amounts and distribution during the growing season. The resulting AEZ classifications for Africa have three dimensions: major climate zone (tropics or subtropics), moisture zones (water availability) and highland/lowland (warm or cool based on elevation). |
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Time Period: |
1960-1990 |
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Geographic Coverage: |
All African Countries, West Africa; East Africa; Central Africa; Southern Africa; North Africa |
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Geographic Unit(s): |
5 arc-minute gridcell |
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Kind of Data: |
ESRI ASCII Raster |
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Methodology and Processing |
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Data Access |
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Citation Requirement: |
Sebastian, Kate. 2009. Agro-ecological Zones of Africa. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (datasets). <a href="http://hdl.handle.net/1902.1/22616"> http://hdl.handle.net/1902.1/22616 </a> |
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<h1> IFPRI DATAVERSE TERMS OF USE </h1> By using this website and any of the materials made available through it, you agree to abide by the Terms of Use of IFPRI Dataverse. The datasets and documents in this study are licensed under a <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License</a> <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/"></a> <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.o rg/licenses/by-nc/3.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width:0" src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc/3.0/80x15.png" /></a><br />. |
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Related Materials |
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Wood, Stanley; Beintema, Nienke; Wood-Sichra, Ulrike; Thornton, Philip; Sebastian, Kate; Koo, Jawoo; Guo, Zhe; and Azzarri, Carlo. 2013. Atlas of African Agriculture Research and Development (Preview version). Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. <a href="https://hc.app.box.com/s/tlluxmcwkn2aoqs95frg">https://hc.app.box.com/s/tlluxmcw kn2aoqs95frg </a>. |
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<br></br> Beddow, Jason M.; Pardey, G. Philip; Koo, Jawoo; and Wood, Stanley. 2010. "The Changing Landscape of Global Agriculture." In <i> The Shifting Pattern of Agricultural Production and Productivity Worldwide </i>, edited by Julian M. Alston, Bruce A. Babcock, and Philip G. Pardey, 8-38. Ames, Iowa: Midwest Agribusiness Trade Research and Information Center (Matric), Iowa State University. <a href="http://www.card.iastate.edu/books/shifting_patterns/pdfs/chapter2.pdf"> http://www.card.iasta te.edu/books/shifting_patterns/pdfs/chapter2.pdf</a>. |
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001_aez_classes_09.xlsx |
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This file provides a list of AEZ classes and explanation for their construct. |
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application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet |
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002_aez-rules-africa_09.doc |
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The file documents and explains the rules and methodology used to create the AEZ surface for Africa. |
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application/msword |
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003_afr-aez_09.zip |
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This is a zipped ESRI ascii file for newly created (2009) agroecological zones for Africa. Resolution = 0.00833dd (approx. 1 km). This surface was created using WorldClim climate data and 0.0833dd resolution LGP data from IIASA. |
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application/zip |
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004_afr-aez_09.lyr |
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This is a layer file associated with 003_afr-aez_09.zip. |
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application/octet-stream |
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005_africaaez_09.png |
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This is an image map file generated using this data. |
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image/png |
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006_aezlegend_09.txt |
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This file describes the legend used in the dataset. |
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text/plain; charset=US-ASCII |
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AEZ-Africa.lpk |
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This file provides a list of AEZ classes and explanation for their construct. |
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application/octet-stream |
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_Table of Contents.pdf |
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This file documents all the files contained in this study. |
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application/pdf |