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Climate, soil and land-use based land suitability evaluation for oil palm production in Ghana
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http://oar.icrisat.org/9728/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eja.2016.08.004 10.1016/j.eja.2016.08.004 |
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Climate, soil and land-use based land suitability evaluation for oil palm production in Ghana
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Rhebergen, T
Fairhurst, T Zingore, S Fisher, M Oberthür, T Whitbread, A M |
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In the past decade, oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) has become the world’s most important oil crop. The large demand for palm oil has resulted in a rapid expansion of oil palm cultivation across the globe. Because of the dwindling availability of land in Southeast Asia, most expansion of the industry is expected in Central and South America and sub-Saharan Africa, where land with suitable agro-ecological conditions is available. Using Ghana as a case study, a method for evaluating areas that are both suitable and available for oil palm production is presented. Our assessment used spatial data and GIS techniques, and showed that areas with suitable climatic conditions (annual average water deficit
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Elsevier B.V.
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2016-11
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application/pdf
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en
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http://oar.icrisat.org/9728/2/Rhebergen_Oilpalm_Ghana_2016.pdf
Rhebergen, T and Fairhurst, T and Zingore, S and Fisher, M and Oberthür, T and Whitbread, A M (2016) Climate, soil and land-use based land suitability evaluation for oil palm production in Ghana. European Journal of Agronomy, 81. pp. 1-14. ISSN 11610301 |
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