Ethiopia Monthly Growing Areas: Gridded Cropland Data for 2000-2015

2000 to 2015 global gridded data on irrigated and rainfed cropped area for 23 crop classes, developed by combining subnational statistics with land cover products. The dataset provides spatially detailed patterns of cropland change to support assessments in agriculture, water management, and climate impact. It is hosted by the IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Center (ICPAC) on the HDX platform.

Use Cases

• Analyzing spatial patterns of global crop cultivation change based on the 2000-2015 time series.
• Assessing contributions of specific crops to land use change based on the 23 crop classes.
• Modeling water resource management scenarios based on irrigated and rainfed area distinctions.
• Supporting climate impact and sustainable development assessments based on gridded cropland data.

Strengths

• Covers a 16-year time range from 2000 to 2015.
• Includes data for 23 distinct crop classes.
• Provides global gridded data at a 5-arcminute resolution.
• Distinguishes between irrigated and rainfed cropped areas.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic or temporal bias inherent to the source methodology.

Provenance

Source

IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Center (ICPAC)

Collection Method

Constructed from a library of subnational crop-specific statistics combined with global gridded land cover products.

Time Range

2000 to 2015

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-17 09:12:52.389780; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Global, with a focus on Ethiopia as indicated by the title.