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Soil and terrain suitability for rain-fed maize, with high and low inputs - GAEZ v4 (Global - about 1 km)
Soil and terrain suitability for maize dataset, at about 1 km resolution, investigates soil suitability and both soil and terrain suitability for maize, under rain-fed condition, with high and low inputs.
The Soil and terrain suitability for crops datasets are part of the GAEZ v4 Theme 1 Land and Water Resources, Soil Suitability sub-theme.
In the GAEZ v4 the Soil Suitability assessment sub-theme, soil qualities are evaluated for each crop and input/management level and for different water supply systems (rain-fed and irrigated). The results are crop and input level specific soil suitability ratings, which are used for the crop suitability and attainable yield assessment presented in Theme 4.
Terrain suitability is also estimated according to terrain-slope classes and location-specific rainfall amounts and rainfall-concentration characteristics to account for soil erosion risks related to crop cover dynamics. Soil and terrain suitability are combined in an edaphic rating factor by crop, water supply type and input level, which is an important input for the estimation of agro-ecological crop suitability and attainable yields presented in Theme 4.
For further details, please refer to the GAEZ v4 Model Documentation.
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- Date (Publication)
- 2021-05
- Edition
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v.4
- Collective title
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Global Agro-Ecological Zoning version 4 (GAEZ v4)
- Purpose
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Provides a characterization of bio-physical resources relevant to agricultural production systems.
- Status
- Completed
- Maintenance and update frequency
- As needed
- Theme
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climate
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land cover
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soil
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elevation and terrain slopes
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protected areas
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administrative units
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watersheds
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population
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livestock
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soil suitability
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GAEZ v4_theme1_soil suitability
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GAEZ v4_theme1
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- Place
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World
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- Access constraints
- Copyright
- Use constraints
- otherRestictions
- Other constraints
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GAEZ v4 Disclaimer at https://gaez.fao.org/pages/disclaimer
- Spatial representation type
- Grid
- Metadata language
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eng
- Character set
- UTF8
- Topic category
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- Farming
- Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
- Economy
- Environment
- Inland waters
- Elevation
- Begin date
- 2041-01-01
- End date
- 2099-12-31
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- Supplemental Information
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The GAEZ v4 Land and Water Resources theme provides a framework for establishing a spatial inventory of land resources. It includes selected layers organized in several sub-themes of (1) Agro-ecological Zones, (2) Land Cover, (3) Soil Resources, (4) Soil Suitability, (5) Terrain Resources, (6) Exclusion Areas, (7) Water Resources, and (8) Selected Socio-economic Data. It contains spatial layers of climate, land cover, soil, elevation and terrain slopes, protected areas and areas of high biodiversity value, administrative units, watersheds, population and livestock distribution.
For further details, please refer to Chapters 2, 6 and 10 of the GAEZ v4 Model Documentation
- Reference system identifier
- WGS 1984
- Number of dimensions
- 2
- Dimension name
- Column
- Dimension size
- 43200
- Resolution
- 30 arc/second
- Dimension name
- Row
- Dimension size
- 21600
- Resolution
- 30 arc/second
- Cell geometry
- Area
- Transformation parameter availability
- Yes
- Distribution format
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GeoTIFF
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1.0
)
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GeoTIFF
(
1.0
)
- OnLine resource
- GAEZ v4 Model Documentation ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )
- OnLine resource
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SOI2
(
OGC:WMS-1.3.0-http-get-map
)
Land and Water Resources - Soil suitability - Soil and terrain suitability
- OnLine resource
- GAEZ v4 Data Portal ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )
- File identifier
- fd3fc7ff-07d3-477a-a905-c46dbecc9dcc XML
- Metadata language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Date stamp
- 2022-10-20T16:43:59
- Metadata standard name
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ISO 19115:2003/19139
- Metadata standard version
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1.0
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