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

dc.creatorZabel, Florian
dc.creatorKnüttel, Matthias
dc.creatorPoschlod, Benjamin
dc.creatorRosenstock, Todd Stuart
dc.creatorRamirez Villegas, Julian Armando
dc.creatorSteward, Peter Richard
dc.creatorYoungberg, Brayden
dc.date2024
dc.date2026-01-14T19:01:39Z
dc.date2026-01-14T19:01:39Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T13:32:18Z
dc.descriptionCropSuite is an open-source crop suitability modeling framework designed to support sustainable agricultural planning and climate adaptation. It integrates climate, soil, and elevation data using a fuzzy-logic, empirical approach that accounts for interannual climate variability, producing transparent and interpretable suitability assessments. Along with the model, a spatial dataset for Africa is provided which includes high-resolution maps of crop suitability, climate suitability, limiting factors, multiple-cropping potential, optimal sowing dates, and suitable sowing windows for 48 major crops, generated with and without climate variability. Outputs are also provided disaggregated into rainfed and irrigated conditions.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/179841
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/62528
dc.languageen
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceZabel, F.; Knüttel, M.; Poschlod, B.; Rosenstock, T.S.; Ramirez Villegas, J.A.; Steward, P.R.; Youngberg, B. (2024) CropSuite Model and Data. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14514729
dc.subjectagriculture
dc.subjectclimate change
dc.subjectcrops
dc.subjectmodelling
dc.titleCropSuite – Crop suitability assessment for 48 crops under rainfed and irrigated conditions for Africa
dc.typeDataset

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