GEOGLAM Sub-national Crop Calendars

The Crop Monitor sub-national crop calendars are based on a combination of the best available data from different international agencies, national ministries, and expert knowledge from country partners. For the Crop Monitor for AMIS sub-national calendars, the USDA Major World Crop Areas and Climatic Profiles was used as a base to create the crop calendars at the national level. The Crop Monitor for Early Warning sub-national calendars used FAO GIEWS, FEWS NET, and national ministries as a base to create the crop calendars at the national level. Then for both Crop Monitors, each country was broken down into sub-national regions through the combination of agro-ecological zones, administrative level 1 FAO GAUL units, production statistics, and national partner inputs. The sub-national regions are each an aggregation of administrative FAO GAUL level 1 units or in some cases the administrative level 1 units themselves.