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Quantifying land resources in developing countries - FAO’s agro-ecological zones studies

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS

Prepared by Robin Clarke/Diagram Visual Information Ltd. for the Land and Water Development Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Via delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy

Contents

Foreword

The problem

The solution

The crops

The climatic inventory

The soil inventory

The land inventory

Assessing agroclimatic suitability

Assessing land potential

The results

The applications

National studies

A model for Kenya

How much land is already used?