Publications
Cropland per-capita in Kisumu, Kenya (2021)
01 September 2022
01 September 2022
Cropland per capita is calculated for 2021 in Kisumu, Kenya to better understand the availability of cropland in each wards of Kisumu. Total population (2020) is obtained from Worldpop data and overlaid with land...
The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan – Agro-ecological zoning atlas. Part 2: Agro-ecological assessments
30 August 2022
30 August 2022
Agriculture is crucial for the national economy of Afghanistan and in particularly so for the agriculturally dependent population which is constituting 60% of the total population. Adoption of new strategies for agriculture monitoring, rural...
Modernizing Global Agro-Ecological Zoning with new methods: Report of proceedings, 24 March 2022
20 August 2022
20 August 2022
The Global Agro-Ecological Zoning version 4 (GAEZ v4), launched on 17 June 2021 uses well-established land evaluation principles to assess natural resources for finding suitable agricultural land utilization options. It is based on agro-climatic assessments,...
A rapid geospatial analysis of the flood impacts on crops in KwaZulu Natal and Eastern Cape Provinces of South Africa in 2022
15 August 2022
15 August 2022
South Africa is the southern most country on the African continent with the 121 309 ha of land area and highly dependent on agriculture sector (79 percent of agricultural land area) for food, income, and...
The Geospatial Unit of the Land and Water Division (NSL) at Food and Agriculture Organization of United Nations (FAO) and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA organized the second virtual consultation, on 24 March 2022,...