CropSuite – Crop suitability assessment for 48 crops under rainfed and irrigated conditions for Africa

Here, we provide all data and maps for the paper submitted to Geoscientific Model Development (GMD).

The maps include the crop suitability, climate suitability, most limiting factor, potential for multiple cropping, the optimal sowing date and the suitable sowing days for 48 crops for Africa with and without the consideration of climate variability.

Alfalfa (Medicago sativa)

Arabica Coffee (Coffea arabica)

Avocado (Persea americana)

Banana (Musea spp.)

Barley (Hordeum vulgare)

Beans (Phaseolus vulgaris)

Cabbage (Brassica oleracca)

Carrot (Daucus carota)

Cashew (Anacardium occidentale)

Cassava (Manihot esculenta)

Castor Bean (Ricinus commuis)

Chickpea (Cicer arietinum)

Citrus (Citrus spp.)

Cocoa (Theobroma cacao)

Coconut (Cocos nucifera)

Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum)

Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata)

Green Pepper (Capsium annuum)

Groundut (Arachis hypogaea)

Guava (Psidium guijava)

Maize (Zea mais)

Mango (Mangifera indica)

Millets (Pennisetum americanum)

Oil Palm (Elaeis guineensis)

Olive (Olea europacae)

Onion (Allium cepa)

Papaya (Carica papaya)

Pea (Pisum sativum)

Pineapple (Ananas comosus)

Potato (Solanum tuberosum)

Rapeseed (Brassica napus)

Rice (Oryza sativa)

Robusta Coffee (Coffea canephora)

Rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis)

Rye (Secale cereale)

Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius)

Sesame (Sesamum indicum)

Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor)

Soy (Glycine maximum)

Sugar Cane (Saccharum officinarum)

Sunflower (Helianthus annus)

Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas)

Tea (Camellia senesis)

Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum)

Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum esculentum)

Watermelon (Colocynthis citrullus)

Wheat (Triticum aesticum)

Yam (Dioscorea)

The maps are provided for each crop seperately for rainfed and irrigated conditions and combined using data on currently irrigated areas based on Maier et al. (2018).

In addition, maps for the comparison between crop suitability and MapSPAM2020 are provided.

Zabel, Knüttel, Poschlod (2024): CropSuite – A comprehensive open-source crop suitability model considering climate variability for climate impact assessment. Preprint. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-2526.