CropSuite - Crop Shifting in Africa: Opportunities for Climate Change Adaptation

Here, we provide all data and maps for the paper "Crop Shifting in Africa: Opportunities for Climate Change Adaptation". 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 for SSP245 and SSp585 scenarios and the years 2021-2040 and 2041-2060. 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 combined using data on currently irrigated areas based on Maier et al. (2018).