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.

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.

Crop Reporter

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Tool Type: 
Interactive data query
Lowest Geographic Unit: 
Country
Years Covered: 
1965 - 2005
Publisher: 
HarvestChoice/International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Based on the country-level crop production statistics retrieved from FAOSTAT in 2006, this tool instantly shows users the custom ranking across countries and regions in terms of their reported harvest area, production, production value, and yield of major crops.

Yield Target and Poverty Reduction Model for Sub-Saharan Africa

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Tool Type: 
Model
Lowest Geographic Unit: 
Country
Years Covered: 
2010 - 2030
Publisher: 
HarvestChoice/International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

This comparative static model estimates potential yield increases and poverty reduction effects based on user-selected yield closure gap assumptions. A poverty-productivity elasticity (extracted from the relevant literature) and crop-specific adjustments are used to link productivity gains to a lowering of poverty prevalence rates and poverty headcounts compounded over a 20 year period.

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.

Crop Production: SPAM

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

Dragging and dropping the red marker (Droppr) to any location in SSA provides information on:
• Country name
• District name
• Average cropping intensity (SPAM)
• Crop name (SPAM)

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Generating Plausible Crop Distribution and Performance Maps for Sub-Saharan Africa Using a Spatially Disaggregated Data Fusion and Optimization Approach

Authored by:
You, Liangzhi; Wood, Stanley; Wood-Sichra, Ulrike
Publisher:
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), October 2007, IFPRI Discussion Paper 00725, 56 pages.
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Agricultural production statistics reported at country or sub-national geopolitical scales are used in a wide range of economic analyses, and spatially explicit (geo-referenced) production data are increasingly needed to support improved approaches to the planning and implementation of agricultural development. However, it is extremely challenging to compile and maintain collections of sub-national crop production data, particularly for poorer regions of the world.

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application/pdf iconZambia_1990-92_PartI.pdf
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application/vnd.ms-excel iconZambia_90-92_Part_I(89-90 data).xls

[Zambia] National Census of Agriculture (1990/92): Census Report (Part I)

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For the first time in the history of census taking in the country , the Census of Population and Housing, and the Census of Agriculture were combined resulting in a Census of Population, Housing and Agriculture.

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