Methodology

Understanding our scientific approach to agricultural climate adaptation analysis

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Crop cultivation
Climate
Future
Current
Expert
Modeling

Crop Selection

(I)

Sample: Cocoa, Maize, Beans, Avocado and Sugarcane

Crop location Data

(III)

Sources:

[GBIF, MAPSPAM, Monfreda]

Climate data

(II)

Baseline: Historic Climate Data (1970-2000) | Source: WorldClim

Current Conditions
Months
1
2
11
Total current monthly precipitation
Months
3
4
12
Monthly average current temperature

Crop Validation

Climatic parameters by crop

Future projections

data (2041-2060) (Source: CMIP6; scenario SSP5-8.5)

*Downscaling and bias correction

access_cm2

GCMs 22 access_cm2, etc...

For each pixel with cultivated crop production

Historical and projected climatic conditions

Climatic parameters by crop

Comparative Climate Advantage
CCA_i = P_future(climate|crop i) - P_future(climate|crop_ref)

Aggregate Analysis

Projected suitability vs Current suitability comparison

Existing crop suitable
Existing_suit(%) = ((CS_current - CS_future)/CS_current) × 100

Persistence indicator system production by pixel

Analysis of crop sustainability over time

Alternative system production by pixel

CS_current > CS_future

Current suitability higher than future

CS_current where CS_future > CS_current

Future suitability exceeds current

Additional parameters (M)
Portfolio of 23 most promising crops/varieties selected

Persistence indicator system production by pixel

Long-term sustainability analysis

Persistence(%) for pixel

Percentage of maintained productivity