Africa Crop Millet - Harvested Area

<div style='text-indent:0px;'><div style=''><span style='text-indent:-1in; background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);'>Millet is a group of grass species that produce small-seeded grains used for food and animal feed around the world. Common species include </span>finger millet (<span style=''><i>Eleusine coracana</i>), p</span>roso millet (<span style=''><i>Panicum miliaceum</i>), p</span>earl millet (<span style=''><i>Pennisetum glaucum</i>), and f</span>oxtail millet (<i>Setaria italica</i><span style=''>). Africa is a major producer growing 56% of the worlds millet. Pearl millet is an important food source in Africa and is known for its </span>tolerance<span style=''> of hot and dry climates.</span></div><div style=''><br /></div><div style=''><div style='margin:0px; padding:0px; color:rgb(77, 77, 77);'><div style='margin:0px; padding:0px;'><font size='4'>Dataset Summary</font></div><div style='margin:0px; padding:0px;'><br /></div><div style='margin:0px; padding:0px;'>This layer provides access to a <span style=''>5 arc-minute </span><span style=''>(approximately 10 km at the equator)</span><span style=''> </span><span style=''>cell-sized raster of the 1999-2001 annual average area of </span><span style=''>millet harvested in Africa. The data are in units of hectares/grid cell.</span></div><div style='margin:0px; padding:0px;'><br /></div><div style='margin:0px; padding:0px;'><span style=''>The </span><span style=''>SPAM 2000 v3.0.6 data used to create this layer </span><span style=''>were produced by the </span><a href='https://www.ifpri.org/' rel='nofollow ugc' style='color:rgb(33, 117, 155);' target='_blank'>International Food Policy Research Institute</a><span style=''> in 2012. </span><span style=''>This dataset was created by spatially disaggregating national and sub-national harvest data </span><span style=''>using the </span><a href='https://mapspam.info/about/' rel='nofollow ugc' style='color:rgb(33, 117, 155);' target='_blank'>Spatial Production Allocation Model</a><span style=''>. </span></div><div style='margin:0px; padding:0px;'><span style=''>          </span><br /></div></div><div style='margin:0px; padding:0px; color:rgb(77, 77, 77);'><a href='https://www.ifpri.org/publication/global-spatially-disaggregated-crop-production-statistics-data-2010-version-10' rel='nofollow ugc' target='_blank'>Link to source metadata</a><br /></div><div style='margin:0px; padding:0px; color:rgb(77, 77, 77);'><br /></div><div style='margin:0px; padding:0px; color:rgb(77, 77, 77);'>For more information about this dataset and the importance of millet as a staple food see the <a href='https://harvestchoice.org/commodities/millet' rel='nofollow ugc' target='_blank'>Harvest Choice webpage</a>.</div><div style='margin:0px; padding:0px; color:rgb(77, 77, 77);'><br /></div><div style='margin:0px; padding:0px; color:rgb(77, 77, 77);'>For data on other agricultural species in Africa see these layers:</div><div style='margin:0px; padding:0px; color:rgb(77, 77, 77);'><a href='https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=1f7863773c2649e5bb290b406c4d36f2' rel='nofollow ugc' style='' target='_blank'>Cassava</a><br /></div><div style='margin:0px; padding:0px; color:rgb(77, 77, 77);'><a href='https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=1f7863773c2649e5bb290b406c4d36f2' rel='nofollow ugc' style='' target='_blank'>Groundnut (Peanut)</a><br /></div><div style='margin:0px; padding:0px; color:rgb(77, 77, 77);'><a href='https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=6fab7020446c43b0b44727d6cb134ae8' rel='nofollow ugc' style='' target='_blank'>Maize (Corn)</a><br /></div><div style='margin:0px; padding:0px; color:rgb(77, 77, 77);'><a href='https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=a15e23a3fd734914a227b236e0ff715e' rel='nofollow ugc' style='' target='_blank'>Potato</a><br /></div><div style='margin:0px; padding:0px; color:rgb(77, 77, 77);'><a href='https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=a35b683f6ba045b2a4da4eacf58ea642' rel='nofollow ugc' style='' target='_blank'>Rice</a><br /></div><div style='margin:0px; padding:0px; color:rgb(77, 77, 77);'><div style='color:rgb(68, 68, 68); margin:0px; padding:0px;'><a href='https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=f64fbb5ac501469a8ae13543af55632b' rel='nofollow ugc' target='_blank'>Sorghum</a><br /></div><div style='color:rgb(68, 68, 68); margin:0px; padding:0px;'><a href='https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=a2220563c2e04b99bbe600b0d192ac60' rel='nofollow ugc' target='_blank'>Sweet Potato and Yam</a><br /></div><div style='color:rgb(68, 68, 68); margin:0px; padding:0px;'><a href='https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=db028cfc90a342d7b2f16ac7a9ad779b' rel='nofollow ugc' target='_blank'>Wheat</a></div></div><div style='margin:0px; padding:0px; color:rgb(77, 77, 77);'><br /></div></div><div style='margin:0px; padding:0px; color:rgb(77, 77, 77);'><span style='color:rgb(68, 68, 68);'>Data for important agricultural crops in South America are available </span><a href='https://www.arcgis.com/home/search.html?q=esri_landscape%20south%20america%20crop&amp;t=content' rel='nofollow ugc' style='' target='_blank'>here</a><span style='color:rgb(68, 68, 68);'>.</span><br /></div><div style=''><br /></div><div style=''><div style='margin:0px; padding:0px;'><font size='4'>What can you do with this layer?</font></div><div style='margin:0px; padding:0px;'><div style=''><br /></div><div style=''>This layer is suitable for both visualization and analysis. It can be used in ArcGIS Online in web maps and applications and can be used in ArcGIS Desktop.</div><div style=''><br /><div style='margin:0px; padding:0px;'>This layer has <a href='https://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.2/index.html#//00sp00000007000000' rel='nofollow ugc' target='_blank'>query</a>, <a href='https://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.2/index.html#//00s500000010000000' rel='nofollow ugc' target='_blank'>identify</a>, and <a href='https://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.2/index.html#/Downloading_data_from_an_image_service/00sp00000016000000/' rel='nofollow ugc' target='_blank'>export</a> image services available. This layer is restricted to a maximum area of 24,000 x 24,000 pixels <span style=''>which allows access to the full dataset.</span></div><div style='margin:0px; padding:0px;'><br /></div><div style='margin:0px; padding:0px;'>The source data for this layer are available <a href='https://mapspam.info/data/' rel='nofollow ugc' target='_blank'>here</a><span style='background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);'>.</span></div><div style='margin:0px; padding:0px;'><br /></div><div style='margin:0px; padding:0px;'><div style='margin:0px; padding:0px;'>This layer is part of a larger collection of <a href='https://www.arcgis.com/home/group.html?id=38f9a41bdea24e9b9d913cedbfc9216b#overview' rel='nofollow ugc' target='_blank'>landscape layers</a> that you can use to perform a wide variety of mapping and analysis tasks.</div><div style='margin:0px; padding:0px;'><br /></div><div style='margin:0px; padding:0px;'>The <a href='https://livingatlas.arcgis.com' rel='nofollow ugc' target='_blank'>Living Atlas of the World</a> provides an easy way to explore the landscape layers and many other beautiful and authoritative maps on hundreds of topics.</div></div><div style='margin:0px; padding:0px;'><br /></div><div style='margin:0px; padding:0px;'><a href='https://geonet.esri.com' rel='nofollow ugc' target='_blank'>Geonet</a> is a good resource for learning more about landscape layers and the Living Atlas of the World. To get started follow these links:</div><div style='margin:0px; padding:0px;'><br /></div><div style='margin:0px; padding:0px;'><a href='https://geonet.esri.com/blogs/onemap/2014/08/18/landscape-layers-a-re-introduction?sr=search&amp;searchId=2e9b2eb2-610d-4da9-aae2-748cd3a08f2d&amp;searchIndex=0' rel='nofollow ugc' target='_blank'>Landscape Layers - a reintroduction</a></div><div style='margin:0px; padding:0px;'><a href='https://geonet.esri.com/groups/livingatlas?sr=search&amp;searchId=ec0b33d6-14bb-4319-8ad5-38961b68610e&amp;searchIndex=0' rel='nofollow ugc' target='_blank'>Living Atlas Discussion Group</a></div></div></div></div></div>