Detailed crop suitability maps and an agricultural zonation scheme for Malawi: Spatial information for agricultural planning purposes

This document describes a two-level agricultural zonation scheme to guide agricultural planning in Malawi. This scheme combines broad agricultural development domains – based upon a districtlevel analysis of agro-ecological potential; physical access to market; and population density – with an exten...

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Autores principales: Benson, Todd, Mabiso, Athur, Nankhuni, Flora
Formato: Artículo preliminar
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Michigan State University 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147441
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author Benson, Todd
Mabiso, Athur
Nankhuni, Flora
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description This document describes a two-level agricultural zonation scheme to guide agricultural planning in Malawi. This scheme combines broad agricultural development domains – based upon a districtlevel analysis of agro-ecological potential; physical access to market; and population density – with an extensive set of detailed, more locally relevant crop suitability maps to determine where agricultural development investments might best be located within a relevant development domain.
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spelling CGSpace1474412025-11-06T05:17:34Z Detailed crop suitability maps and an agricultural zonation scheme for Malawi: Spatial information for agricultural planning purposes Benson, Todd Mabiso, Athur Nankhuni, Flora agroecology cropping systems crops agricultural development This document describes a two-level agricultural zonation scheme to guide agricultural planning in Malawi. This scheme combines broad agricultural development domains – based upon a districtlevel analysis of agro-ecological potential; physical access to market; and population density – with an extensive set of detailed, more locally relevant crop suitability maps to determine where agricultural development investments might best be located within a relevant development domain. 2016-07-28 2024-06-21T09:22:53Z 2024-06-21T09:22:53Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147441 en Open Access application/pdf Michigan State University International Food Policy Research Institute Benson, Todd; Mabiso, Athur; and Nankhuni, Flora. 2016. Detailed crop suitability maps and an agricultural zonation scheme for Malawi: Spatial information for agricultural planning purposes. Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Paper 17. East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896293403.
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cropping systems
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Mabiso, Athur
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Detailed crop suitability maps and an agricultural zonation scheme for Malawi: Spatial information for agricultural planning purposes
title Detailed crop suitability maps and an agricultural zonation scheme for Malawi: Spatial information for agricultural planning purposes
title_full Detailed crop suitability maps and an agricultural zonation scheme for Malawi: Spatial information for agricultural planning purposes
title_fullStr Detailed crop suitability maps and an agricultural zonation scheme for Malawi: Spatial information for agricultural planning purposes
title_full_unstemmed Detailed crop suitability maps and an agricultural zonation scheme for Malawi: Spatial information for agricultural planning purposes
title_short Detailed crop suitability maps and an agricultural zonation scheme for Malawi: Spatial information for agricultural planning purposes
title_sort detailed crop suitability maps and an agricultural zonation scheme for malawi spatial information for agricultural planning purposes
topic agroecology
cropping systems
crops
agricultural development
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147441
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