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.

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Drivers of Change in Global Agriculture

Authored by:
Hazell, Peter; Wood, Stanley
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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B (Biological Sciences), February, 2008, Volume 363, Issue 1491, 495-515.
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As a result of agricultural intensification, more food is produced today than needed to feed the entire world population and at prices that have never been so low.

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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
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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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[Malawi] National Sample Survey of Agriculture, 1992/93, Volume II, Smallholder Garden Survey Report

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This report contains the results of the Garden Survey which is one of the modules of the National Sample Surveys of Agriculture (NSSA).

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