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Agro-ecological Zones of Africa

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Title Agro-ecological Zones of Africa
 
Identifier https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/HJYYTI
 
Creator Sebastian, Kate
 
Publisher Harvard Dataverse
 
Description Agroecological zones (AEZs) are geographical areas exhibiting similar climatic conditions that determine their ability to support rainfed agriculture. At a regional scale, AEZs are influenced by latitude, elevation, and temperature, as well as seasonality, and rainfall amounts and distribution during the growing season. The resulting AEZ classifications for Africa have three dimensions: major climate zone (tropics or subtropics), moisture zones (water availability) and highland/lowland (warm or cool based on elevation).
 
Subject Other
Climate
Altitude
Rainfall
Temperature
Agroecology
Agriculture
Suitability
Agroecological zones
 
Date 2009
 
Type ESRI ASCII Raster