HarvestChoice keeps catalogs of both raster and vector maps of sub-Saharan Africa (downloadable in either ASCII or ESRI Shapefile formats) along with their associated datasets. We also provide access to over 400 articles, survey and census reports on agriculture-related topics in support of investment targeting and prioritization decisions.

Crop Response Tool

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Tool Type: 
Interactive data query
Lowest Geographic Unit: 
1st-level admin unit
Publisher: 
HarvestChoice/International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

This is a selection of management input scenarios and simulated crop responses for maize, rice, sorghum, wheat, groundnut, soybean, bean, cassava, potato, and yams.

Domain Reporter

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Tool Type: 
Interactive data query
Lowest Geographic Unit: 
1st-level administrative unit
Years Covered: 
2005
Publisher: 
HarvestChoice

Browse and download HarvestChoice spatial data layers for sub-Saharan Africa. Statistics are shown for all countries and level-1 administrative units.

Commodity Dashboard

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Tool Type: 
Interactive data query
Lowest Geographic Unit: 
1st-level administrative unit
Years Covered: 
1969 - 2010
Publisher: 
HarvestChoice/International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

HarvestChoice Commodity Dashboard provides a one-page view of national time-series and sub-national statistics for 21 commodity groups.

Region Dashboard

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Tool Type: 
Interactive data query
Lowest Geographic Unit: 
level-2 administrative unit
Publisher: 
HarvestChoice/International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

HarvestChoice region dashboard provides a one-page view of national time-series and sub-national statistics for 52 countries in sub-Saharan Africa.

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AEZ5

AEZ5

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HarvestChoice

Ago-Ecological Zones for sub-Saharan Africa based on FAO/IIASA methodology: Tropics only. Highlands aggregated (HarvestChoice IFPRI 2010)

DREAM Simulation Results

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Tool Type: 
StatPlanet
Lowest Geographic Unit: 
Country
Years Covered: 
2007
Publisher: 
HarvestChoice/International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

HarvestChoice has developed data templates and workflows to automatically link output files from DREAM simulations into the StatPlanet visualizer to allow users to explore the full set of DREAM results...

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Torrents and Trickles: Irrigation Spending Needs in Africa; Summary

Authored by:
You, L.; Ringler, C.; Nelson, G.; Wood-Sichra, U.; Robertson, R.; Wood, S.; Zhe, G.; Zhu, T.; Sun, Y.
Publisher:
World Bank, September, 2009, 12 pages.
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NASA-Power Daily Time Series

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Tool Type: 
Droppr
Lowest Geographic Unit: 
5 arc-minute gridcell
Years Covered: 
1983 - 2006
Publisher: 
HarvestChoice/International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Drag and drop the Droppr on any location in SSA to return historical monthly averages on rainfall, max and min temperatures.

CRU Monthly Climate Time Series (1901-2002)

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Tool Type: 
Droppr
Lowest Geographic Unit: 
5 arc-minute gridcell
Years Covered: 
1950 - 2000
Publisher: 
HarvestChoice/International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Allows users to view and download monthly climate data over the period 1950-2000 for any user-selected location.

Harmonized World Soil Database (HWSD)

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Tool Type: 
Droppr
Lowest Geographic Unit: 
1700 mapping units
Years Covered: 
2009
Publisher: 
HarvestChoice/International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

The Harmonized World Soil Database (HWSD), jointly developed by FAO, IISAS, ISSCAS, and JRC, is a mapping unit-based soil property database.

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