Length of growing period (LGP) zones of the world (FGGD)

The FGGD LGP zone map is a global raster datalayer with a resolution of 5 arc-minutes. Each pixel contains a class value for the dominant LGP zone found in the pixel. The data are from FAO and IIASA, 2000, Global agro-ecological zones, as reported in FAO and IIASA, 2007, Mapping biophysical factors that influence agricultural production and rural vulnerability, by H. von Velthuizen et al.

Simple

Date (Publication)
2007-07-06
Edition

1.0
Presentation form
Digital map
Purpose

The FGGD Digital Atlas consists of more than 100 global database that allows to analyse food insecurity and poverty in relation to the environment.
Status
Completed
Point of contact
  FAO - GIS UNIT - GIS Manager
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 1 , Rome , 00153 , Italy
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed
Theme

  • climate

  • crops
Place

  • world
Access constraints
Copyright
Use constraints
Copyright
Spatial representation type
Grid
Metadata language

eng
Character set
UTF8
Topic category
  • Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
  • Farming
N
S
E
W
thumbnail


Supplemental Information

This dataset is contained in Module 4 "Environmental conditions" of Food Insecurity, Poverty and Environment Global GIS Database (FGGD) (FAO, 2007).
Reference system identifier
GCS_WGS_1984
Number of dimensions
2
Dimension name
Row
Dimension size
2160
Resolution
0.08333333  ,
Dimension name
Column
Dimension size
4320
Resolution
0.08333333  ,
Cell geometry
Area
Transformation parameter availability
No

Distribution Information

No information provided.

Data quality info

No information provided.
File identifier
a7e90840-690d-11db-a5a5-000d939bc5d8 XML
Metadata language

eng
Character set
UTF8
Date stamp
2023-01-31T19:14:51
Metadata standard name

ISO 19115:2003/19139
Metadata standard version

1.0
Point of contact
  FAO - GIS UNIT - Mirella Salvatore ( Consultant )
Via delle Terme di Caracalla, 1 , Rome , 00153 , Italy
 
 

Overviews

overview
large_thumbnail
overview
thumbnail

Spatial extent

N
S
E
W
thumbnail


Keywords

climate crops

Provided by

Share on social sites

Access to the portal

Associated resources

Not available