Agro-Ecological Zones for Africa South of the Sahara (doi:10.7910/DVN/M7XIUB)
(HarvestChoice AEZ for Africa South of the Sahara)

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Document Description

Citation

Title:

Agro-Ecological Zones for Africa South of the Sahara

Identification Number:

doi:10.7910/DVN/M7XIUB

Distributor:

Harvard Dataverse

Date of Distribution:

2015-10-28

Version:

3

Bibliographic Citation:

HarvestChoice; International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), 2015, "Agro-Ecological Zones for Africa South of the Sahara", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/M7XIUB, Harvard Dataverse, V3

Study Description

Citation

Title:

Agro-Ecological Zones for Africa South of the Sahara

Subtitle:

AEZ 5, 8, and 16 classes based on the high-resolution agro-ecological data at 10 km resolution

Alternative Title:

HarvestChoice AEZ for Africa South of the Sahara

Identification Number:

doi:10.7910/DVN/M7XIUB

Authoring Entity:

HarvestChoice

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Other identifications and acknowledgements:

Guo, Zhe (IFPRI

Other identifications and acknowledgements:

Koo, Jawoo (IFPRI)

Other identifications and acknowledgements:

Wood-Sichra, Ulrike (IFPRI)

Other identifications and acknowledgements:

HarvestChoice

Other identifications and acknowledgements:

CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM)

Producer:

International Food Policy Research Institue (IFPRI)

HarvestChoice

Date of Production:

2015-04-01

Distributor:

Harvard Dataverse

Distributor:

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Distributor:

HarvestChoice

Access Authority:

Koo, Jawoo

Access Authority:

Wood-Sichra, Ulrike

Access Authority:

Guo, Zhe

Depositor:

Comanescu, Maria

Date of Deposit:

2015-10-28

Date of Distribution:

2015-10-28

Holdings Information:

https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/M7XIUB

Study Scope

Keywords:

Agricultural Sciences, Computer and Information Science, Earth and Environmental Sciences, tropical climate, spatial database

Topic Classification:

agroecology

Abstract:

Agro-Ecological Zones (AEZ) for Africa South of the Sahara (SSA) were developed based on the methodology developed by FAO and IIASA. The dataset includes three classification schemes: 5, 8, and 16 classes, referred to as the AEZ5, AEZ8, and AEZ16, respectively.

Geographic Unit(s):

class

Notes:

For more information, please see <a href=http://harvestchoice.org/topics/agroecological-domains>http://harvestchoice.org/topics/agroecological-domains</a>.

Methodology and Processing

Sources Statement

Data Access

Notes:

<a href="http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0">CC0 1.0</a>

Other Study Description Materials

Other Study-Related Materials

Label:

AEZ16 r2.0.PNG

Text:

Image (PNG) file. AEZ 16-class.

Notes:

image/png

Other Study-Related Materials

Label:

AEZ5 AEZ8 AEZ16 r2.0 - ASC.zip

Text:

GIS (ESRI ASCII Grid) data files. AEZ 5, AEZ 8, and AEZ 16 classes.

Notes:

application/zip

Other Study-Related Materials

Label:

AEZ5 AEZ8 AEZ16 r2.0 - CSV.zip

Text:

Tabular (CSV) data files. AEZ 5, AEZ 8, and AEZ 16 classes.

Notes:

application/zip

Other Study-Related Materials

Label:

AEZ5 AEZ8 AEZ16 r2.0 - TIF.zip

Text:

GIS (GeoTIFF) data files. AEZ 5, AEZ 8, and AEZ 16 classes.

Notes:

application/zip

Other Study-Related Materials

Label:

AEZ5 r2.0.PNG

Text:

Image (PNG) file. AEZ 5-class.

Notes:

image/png

Other Study-Related Materials

Label:

AEZ8 r2.0.PNG

Text:

Image (PNG) file. AEZ 8-class.

Notes:

image/png