List of Plates

Average annual precipitation
Average annual reference evapotranspiration (Penman-Monteith)
Thermal climates
Temperature growing periods (LGPt=5)
Frost-free periods (LGPt=10)
Accumulated temperatures (Tmean > 0.C)
Total length of growing periods
Growing period patterns
Median of terrain slopes derived from GTOPO30
Temperature and radiation limited yield for rain-fed wheat (high level of inputs)
Agro-climatically attainable yield for rain-fed wheat (high level of inputs)
Agro-climatically attainable yield for rain-fed and irrigated wheat (high level of inputs)
Multiple cropping zones - rain-fed conditions
Number of growing period days
Temperature and radiation limited yield for 120-day rain-fed grain maize (high level of inputs)
Temperature, radiation and water limited yield for 120-day rain-fed grain maize (high level of inputs)
Agro-climatically attainable yield for 120-day rain-fed grain maize (high level of inputs)
Expected grid-cell output per hectare for 120-day rain-fed grain maize (high level of inputs)
Expected grid-cell output per hectare across all 13 rain-fed grain maize types (high level of inputs)
Climate constraints
Soil depth constraints
Soil fertility constraints
Soil drainage constraints
Soil texture constraints
Soil chemical constraints
Terrain slope constraints
Soil constraints combined
Climate, soil and terrain slope constraints combined
Suitability for rain-fed wheat (high level of inputs)
Suitability for rain-fed grain maize (high level of inputs)
Suitability for rain-fed cereals (high level of inputs)
Suitability for rain-fed roots and tubers (high level of inputs)
Suitability for rain-fed pulses (high level of inputs)
Suitability for rain-fed oil crops (high level of inputs)
Suitability for rain-fed sugar crops (high level of inputs)
Suitability for rain-fed cotton (high level of inputs)
Suitability for rain-fed plus irrigated wheat (high level of inputs)
Suitability for rain-fed plus irrigated grain maize (high level of inputs)
Suitability for rain-fed plus irrigated wetland rice (high level of inputs)
Suitability for rain-fed plus irrigated cereals (high level of inputs)
Suitability for rain-fed plus irrigated roots and tubers (high level of inputs)
Suitability for rain-fed plus irrigated pulses (high level of inputs)
Suitability for rain-fed plus irrigated oil crops (high level of inputs)
Suitability for rain-fed plus irrigated sugar crops (high level of inputs)
Suitability for rain-fed plus irrigated cotton (high level of inputs)
Suitability for rain-fed crops (maximizing technology mix)
Irrigation impact classes
Most suitable cereal (agronomic suitability)
Most suitable cereal (food energy)
Most suitable cereal (output value)
Expected grid-cell output per hectare for single cropping of rain-fed cereals (high level of inputs)
Expected grid-cell output per hectare for single cropping of rain-fed and irrigated cereals (high level of inputs)
Expected grid-cell output per hectare for multiple cropping of rain-fed cereals (high level of inputs)
Expected grid-cell output per hectare for multiple cropping of rain-fed and irrigated cereals (high level of inputs)
Dominant ecosystem classes
Suitability for rain-fed crops excluding forest ecosystems (high level of inputs)
Suitability for rain-fed crops under forest ecosystems (high level of inputs)
Change in number of growing period days at +2.C
Potential distribution of rain-fed wheat under current climate
Potential distribution of rain-fed wheat at +1.C annual temperature
Potential distribution of rain-fed wheat at +2.C combined with +5% annual rainfall
Potential distribution of rain-fed wheat at +3.C combined with +10% annual rainfall
Potential distribution of rain-fed grain maize under current climate
Potential distribution of rain-fed grain maize at +1.C annual temperature
Potential distribution of rain-fed grain maize at +2.C combined with +5% annual rainfall
Potential distribution of rain-fed grain maize at +3.C combined with +10% annual rainfall
Max-Planck Institute of Meteorology (ECHAM4 2080): Country-level climate change impacts on rain-fed cereal production potential on currently cultivated land
Max-Planck Institute of Meteorology (ECHAM4 2080): Impacts of climate change on multiple cropping production potential of rain-fed cereals
Regions used in global AEZ
Population density in 1995