Section 1 Data Sources

Existing sources of hi-res spatial covariates to estimate regional agricultural potential (tested over Ghana and Nigeria).

1.1 Rainfall & Temperature

1.2 Land Cover

1.3 Agricultural Suitability

The 4 maps below show GLUES suitability in Ghana, summarized across districts, and then classified between districts of low/high suitability using 2 cutoff values (30% and 40%).

1.4 NDVI

Dekadal eMODIS C6 NDVI grids are summarized over a 10-year period (2005-2015) using different approaches.

NDVI Long-Term Monthly Mean and Spatial Variation (2005-2015, Ghana)

Fig. 1.1: NDVI Long-Term Monthly Mean and Spatial Variation (2005-2015, Ghana)

Long-term mean of yearly maxima of dekadal values.

Long-term mean yearly counts of dekads with NDVI below 0.3.