Short Name
HarvestChoice Average Growing Period
HarvestChoice is a research initiative which generates information to help guide strategic investments in agriculture aimed at improving the well‐being of poor people in Sub-Saharan Africa through more productive and profitable farming. The initiative is coordinated by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the University of Minnesota and is supported by a grant by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Average length of growing period in days (1960-1995). (aggregation type: AVG)
Source / Citation
IIASA/FAO, 2010. Global Agro-ecological Zones (GAEZ v3.0). IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria and FAO, Rome, Italy
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Format
CSV
Location
http://harvestchoice.org/data/average-growing-period-days
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