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Aug 11, 2016
Meandering Downstream: Tracking HarvestChoice Data
Jul 22, 2016
HarvestChoice Datasets and ICTforAg Programs
Jun 13, 2016
Glamming up Data for Smallholder Resilience in the Horn of Africa
May 11, 2016
Five Comparable Country Datasets for Africa RISING - Now Available

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Glamming up Data for Smallholder Resilience in the Horn of Africa

Through open access global and household datasets, pseudo-panels, spatial data analytics and communities of practice, data are increasingly available to support investment portfolios designed to enhance the resilience of vulnerable populations in the Horn of Africa.

HarvestChoice Datasets and ICTforAg Programs

HarvestChoice Mappr mentioned among 9 datasets to improve your ICTforAg programs.

Cover Atlas of African Ag

Soil Fertility

Years of weathering have leached nutrients away from many soils in the cropped areas of Africa south of the Sahara (SSA).

Measuring the Global Occurrence and Probabilistic Consequences of Wheat Stem Rust

This technical note describes the methods and data sources used to generate the results reported in: Pardey et al. (2013).

Right-Sizing Stem-Rust Research

We estimate global wheat losses over the past 50 years absent investments in research to limit impacts of stem rust and discuss how this can inform decisions about “right-sizing” research investments.

Soil Organic Carbon Content (depth 15-30cm)

Soil organic carbon content (fine earth fraction) at 15-30cm depth.

Geospatial Targeting - SAGCOT Corridor in Tanzania

This tool helps users to identify specific sites within the SAGCOT (Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania) area where new irrigation investments should target at 10 km spatial resolution.

AJARE Oct 2014 Cover

A Bounds Analysis of World Food Futures: Global Agriculture Through to 2050

The notion that global agricultural output needs to double by 2050 is oft repeated.

Tanzania Agricultural Snapshot 2007/08

The purpose of this series of country briefs is to provide a comprehensive and standardized view of agricultural characteristics, integrat- ed with socio-economic variables across countries.

Maize Yield Variability (high input) (1981-2010)

Model-estimated yield variability of rainfed maize with high input for 1981-2010 (30-year period). Values are for 5 arc-minute grid cells.

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