Namibia Hand-in-Hand Geospatial Analysis

New Hand-in-Hand Initiative datasets have been published, using geospatial analysis to boost rural incomes, reduce vulnerabilities, and promote sustainable agricultural development, targeting poverty, hunger, malnutrition, and inequality. Over 70 countries are covered with agricultural typologies (based on stochastic frontier analysis of biophysical and socio-economic data) and suitability assessments (using GIS-based multi-criteria evaluation).

The latest datasets focus on Namibia and include:

• Accessibility maps to major cities
• Suitability indexes and recommended locations for various crops warehousing, aggregation or processing infrastructures
• Suitability indexes and recommended locations for slaughterhouses and dairy processing facilities

These resources aim to identify investment opportunities and guide informed planning for agrifood infrastructure development.

More info about the data at: https://data.apps.fao.org/?lang=en&share=f-169ce530-ab91-4899-a0d8-806b25bcc786