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Farming systems of Africa

Farming systems of Africa. Update of the farming systems layer of Dixon et al. (2001) with classifications at level 1 (13 systems) and level 2 (48 classes). This layer was first updated in 2012 for publication ‘Farming systems and food security:Priorities for science and policy under global change’ by van Velthuizen et al. (http://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/eprint/15771/1/The%20African%20Farming%20Systems.pdf). And subsequently further updated for the book ‘Farming systems and food security in Africa. Priorities for Science and Policy under Global Change’ by Dixon et al. (2019) (https://www.crcpress.com/Farming-Systems-and-Food-Security-in-Africa-Priorities-for-Science-and/Dixon-Garrity-Boffa-Williams-Amede-Auricht-Lott-Mburathi/p/book/9781138963351). More information about the update of the farming systems layer can be found here https://auricht.com/projects/sub-suharan-farming-systems-update-2012-19 and here https://www.ifpri.org/publication/farming-systems-africa.

agriculture Africa Land use Farming Systems

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Christopher Auricht Auricht Projects
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Christopher Auricht Auricht Projects
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John Dixon ACIAR
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Dennis P. Garrity ICRAF
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Jean-Marc Boffa ICRISAT
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Timothy O. Williams IWMI
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Tilahun Amede, AGRA
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Rosemary Lott, Australian Government Department of Agriculture
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George Mburathi FAO
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