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Substantial crop losses occur at various stages along the postharvest value chain. Losses result from poor handling and storage practices combined with limited awareness, infrastructure, and knowledge...
Substantial crop losses occur at various stages along the postharvest value chain. Losses result from poor handling and storage practices combined with limited awareness, infrastructure, and knowledge...
Substantial crop losses occur at various stages along the postharvest value chain. Losses result from poor handling and storage practices combined with limited awareness, infrastructure, and knowledge...
This dataset shows the global distribution of coral reefs in tropical and subtropical regions. It is the most comprehensive global dataset of warm-water coral reefs to date, acting as a foundation b...
This dataset provides the hydrological boundaries for major river basins and sub-basins across the African continent. Developed by the FAO Land and Water Division under the AQUASTAT program, the data ...
Substantial crop losses occur at various stages along the postharvest value chain. Losses result from poor handling and storage practices combined with limited awareness, infrastructure, and knowledge...
Substantial crop losses occur at various stages along the postharvest value chain. Losses result from poor handling and storage practices combined with limited awareness, infrastructure, and knowledge...
The RESOLVE Ecoregions dataset, updated in 2017, offers a depiction of the 846 terrestrial ecoregions that represent our planet.
This dataset provides projections of global rainfall erosivity changes, a critical metric representing the erosive force of rainfall that drives worldwide soil and nutrient loss. These maps serve as e...
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Shapefile showing the location of protected areas in Africa as national parcs and natural reserves.
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All known formal and informal settlements of forcibly displaced and stateless people in Africa from UNHCR’s GIS database as of November 2025. Population in the settlement. It may include several cate...
This layer represents the estimated travel time (in hours) by foot to the nearest primary school. The accessibility map is generated using a well-established geospatial methodology that integrates roa...
This layer represents the estimated travel time (in hours) by foot to the nearest healthcare facility. The underlying methodology is described in Weiss et al. (2020), which leverages major data collec...
This layer shows the percentage of children under 5 experiencing severe wasting (in 2019) — the most critical form of acute malnutrition. These children face a significantly higher risk of mortality ...
This layer shows the prevalence of wasting among children under 5 years of age (in 2019), a sign of acute undernutrition indicated by low weight-for-height. Wasting reflects recent and severe weight l...
This layer shows the percentage of children under 5 years of age (in 2019) who are underweight, based on low weight-for-age. Underweight is a composite indicator capturing both chronic and acute under...