Crops
Source: Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security
Biophysics: Annual precipitation
Source: Climate Hazards Group InfraRed Precipitation with Station data (CHIRPS), a 35+ year quasi-global rainfall dataset
Biophysics: Precipitation Condition Index
Source: Derived from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) data
Formula: (TRMijk - TRMi,min)/(TRMi,max + TRMi,min)
TRMMijk—monthly TRMM for pixel i, in month j, for year k
TRMMi,min—multi-year minimum TRMM for pixel i
TRMMi,max—multi-year maximum TRMM
Demographic: Population
Source: Malawi Population and Housing Census 1987, 1998, 2008
National Statistical Office
Demographic: Population density
Source: Malawi Population and Housing Census 1987, 1998, 2008
National Statistical Office
Health
Source: Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) 1992, 2000, 2004, 2010
Economic data: Food consumption
Source: Comprehensive Food Security and Vulnerability Analysis (CFSVA) , October 2012
World Food Programme (WFP) of the United Nations, Food Security Analysis (VAM)
Livestock: Population
Source: Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security
Typology: Agricultural typology
Elaborated by the Markets, Trade and Institutions Division of IFPRI using the Third Malawi Integrated Household Survey 2010/2011 and shapefiles from DIVA-GIS
