Crop Storage Final Location: Vegetables (Somalia - ~ 500 m)

The raster dataset represents top location score areas suitable for sorghum storage, filtered by exclusive criteria: access to finance, distance to major roads, and access to IT (mobile broadband connection). Access to finance and roads are defined using a linear distance threshold: • Banks - approx. 15km buffer radius. • Major roads - approx. 5km buffer radius. • Access to IT is characterized by applying the mobile broadband coverage map - approx. 5km buffer radius. The score is achieved by processing sub-model outputs that characterize production, logistical, and socio-economic factors. The location score from 0 to 100 is then obtained through a simple arithmetic weighted sum of the normalized/scaled grids. This 500m resolution raster dataset is part of FAO’s Hand-in-Hand Initiative, Geographical Information Systems - Multicriteria Decision Analysis (GIS-MCDA) aimed at the identification of value chain infrastructure sites (optimal location). **Data publication:** 2022-07-05 **Contact points:** Resource Contact: [FAO-Data](mailto:fao-data@fao.org) Maintainer: [Justeen De Ocampo](mailto:justeen.deocampo@fao.org) **Data lineage:** lineage statement Major data sources, FAO GIS platform Hand-in-Hand and OpenStreetMap (open data) including the following datasets 1. Human Population Density 2020 – WorldPop2020 - Estimated total number of people per grid-cell 1km. 2. Mapspam Production – IFPRI's Spatial Production Allocation Model (SPAM) estimates crop distribution within disaggregated units. 3. OpenStreetMap. 4. Altas AI - Asset Wealth Index 2020. 5. Mobile Broadband Coverage produced based on: Coverage Data © Collins Bartholomew and GSMA 2021. **Resource constraints:** This work is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC-BY 4.0) **Online resources:** Zipped raster TIF file for Crop Storage Final Location: Sorghum (Somalia - ~ 500 m)

The raster dataset represents top location score areas suitable for vegetables storage, filtered by exclusive criteria: access to finance, distance to major roads and access to IT (mobile broadband connection). The location score is achieved by processing sub-model outputs characterizing logistical factors for crop warehouse siting: Supply, demand, Infrastructure/accessibility. The top score is selected/clipped using the exclusive criteria. Access to finance and roads are defined using a linear distance threshold: • Banks - approx. 20km (0.18 degree) buffer radius. • Major roads - approx. 2km (0.018 degree) buffer radius. Access to IT is characterized applying the mobile broadband coverage map. This 1km resolution raster dataset is produced under the scope of FAO’s Hand-in-Hand Initiative, Geographical Information Systems - Multicriteria Decision Analysis (GIS-MCDA) aimed at the identification of value chain infrastructure sites (optimal location). **Data publication:** 2021-10-18 **Contact points:** Metadata Contact: [FAO-Data](mailto:fao-data@fao.org) Resource Contact: [Maribel Elias](mailto:maribel.elias@fao.org) **Data lineage:** lineage statement Major data sources, FAO GIS platform Hand-in-Hand and OpenStreetMap (open data) including the following datasets 1. Human Population Density 2020 – WorldPop2020 - Estimated total number of people per grid-cell 1km. 2. Mapspam Production – IFPRI's Spatial Production Allocation Model (SPAM) estimates of crop distribution within disaggregated units. 3. OpenStreetMap. **Resource constraints:** This work is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC-BY 4.0) **Online resources:** Crop Storage Final Location: Vegetables (Ethiopia - ~ 1Km)

The raster dataset represents top location score areas suitable for vegetables storage, filtered by exclusive criteria: access to finance, distance to major roads, and access to IT (mobile broadband connection). Access to finance and roads are defined using a linear distance threshold: • Banks - 20km buffer radius. • Major roads - 2km buffer radius. Access to IT is characterized by applying the mobile broadband coverage map. The location score is achieved by processing sub-model outputs that characterize production, logistical and socio-economic factors for warehouse/storage locations: • Supply: Production. • Demand: Human population density, Major cities population (national and bordering countries). • Infrastructure/accessibility: main transportation infrastructure. • Poverty. It consists of an arithmetic weighted sum of normalized grids (0 to 100). This 500m resolution raster dataset is part of FAO’s Hand-in-Hand Initiative, Geographical Information Systems - Multicriteria Decision Analysis (GIS-MCDA) aimed at the identification of value chain infrastructure sites (optimal location). **Data publication:** 2022-07-04 **Contact points:** Resource Contact: [FAO-Data](mailto:fao-data@fao.org) Resource Contact: [Dariia Nesterenko](mailto:dariia.nesterenko@fao.org) **Data lineage:** lineage statement Major data sources, FAO GIS platform Hand-in-Hand and OpenStreetMap (open data) including the following datasets 1. Human Population Density 2020 – WorldPop2020 - Estimated total number of people per grid-cell 1km. 2. Mapspam Production – IFPRI's Spatial Production Allocation Model (SPAM) estimates crop distribution within disaggregated units. 3. OpenStreetMap. 4. Altas AI - Asset Wealth Index 2020. 5. Mobile Broadband Coverage produced based on: Coverage Data © Collins Bartholomew and GSMA 2021. **Resource constraints:** This work is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC-BY 4.0) **Online resources:** Zipped TIF raster file for Crop Storage Final Location: Vegetables (Senegal - ~ 500 m)

The raster dataset represents top location score areas suitable for sorghum storage, filtered by exclusive criteria: access to finance, distance to major roads, and access to IT (mobile broadband connection). Access to finance and roads are defined using a linear distance threshold: • Banks - approx. 15km buffer radius. • Major roads - approx. 5km buffer radius. • Access to IT is characterized by applying the mobile broadband coverage map - approx. 5km buffer radius. • Access to electricity is characterized by applying the Atlas AI electricification coverage map. The score is achieved by processing sub-model outputs that characterize production, logistical, and socio-economic factors. The location score from 0 to 100 is then obtained through a simple arithmetic weighted sum of the normalized/scaled grids. This 500m resolution raster dataset is part of FAO’s Hand-in-Hand Initiative, Geographical Information Systems - Multicriteria Decision Analysis (GIS-MCDA) aimed at the identification of value chain infrastructure sites (optimal location). **Data publication:** 2022-10-17 **Contact points:** Resource Contact: [FAO-Data](mailto:fao-data@fao.org) Maintainer: [Justeen De Ocampo](mailto:justeen.deocampo@fao.org) **Data lineage:** lineage statement Major data sources, FAO GIS platform Hand-in-Hand and OpenStreetMap (open data) including the following datasets 1. Human Population Density 2020 – WorldPop2020 - Estimated total number of people per grid-cell 1km. 2. Mapspam Production – IFPRI's Spatial Production Allocation Model (SPAM) estimates crop distribution within disaggregated units. 3. OpenStreetMap. 4. Altas AI - Asset Wealth Index 2020 and Electrification 2021. 5. Mobile Broadband Coverage produced based on: Coverage Data © Collins Bartholomew and GSMA 2021. **Resource constraints:** This work is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC-BY 4.0) **Online resources:** Zipped raster TIF file for crop Storage Final Location: Sorghum (Mauritania - ~ 500 m)

The raster dataset represents top location score areas suitable for vegetable storage filtered by exclusive criteria: access to finance, distance to major roads and access to IT (mobile broadband connection). Access to finance and roads are defined using a linear distance threshold: • Banks - approx. 20km (0.18 degree) buffer radius. • Major roads - approx. 2km (0.018 degree) buffer radius. Access to IT is characterized applying the mobile broadband coverage map. The location score is achieved by processing sub-model outputs characterizing logistical factors for crop warehouse siting: Supply, demand, Infrastructure/accessibility. The location score from 0 to 100 is then obtained through a simple arithmetic weighted sum of the normalized/scaled grids. The top 99th percentile is selected/clipped using the exclusive criteria. This 1km resolution raster dataset is part of FAO’s Hand-in-Hand Initiative, Geographical Information Systems - Multicriteria Decision Analysis (GIS-MCDA) aimed at the identification of value chain infrastructure sites (optimal location). **Data publication:** 2023-01-05 **Contact points:** Metadata Contact: [FAO-Data](mailto:fao-data@fao.org) Resource Contact: [Dariia Nesterenko](mailto:dariia.nesterenko@fao.org) **Data lineage:** lineage statement Major data sources, FAO GIS platform Hand-in-Hand and OpenStreetMap (open data) including the following datasets 1. Human Population Density 2020 – WorldPop2020 - Estimated total number of people per grid-cell 1km. 2. Mapspam Production – IFPRI's Spatial Production Allocation Model (SPAM) estimates of crop distribution within disaggregated units. 3. OpenStreetMap. 4. Mobile Broadband Coverage produced based on: Coverage Data © Collins Bartholomew and GSMA 2020 **Resource constraints:** This work is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC-BY 4.0) **Online resources:** Download: Crop Storage Final Location: Vegetable (Yemen - ~ 1km)

The raster dataset represents top location score areas suitable for maize storage, filtered by exclusive criteria: access to finance, distance to major roads, and access to IT (mobile broadband connection). Access to finance and roads are defined using a linear distance threshold: • Banks - approx. 15km buffer radius. • Major roads - approx. 5km buffer radius. • Access to IT is characterized by applying the mobile broadband coverage map - approx. 5km buffer radius. • Access to electricity is characterized by applying the Atlas AI electricification coverage map. The score is achieved by processing sub-model outputs that characterize production, logistical, and socio-economic factors. The location score from 0 to 100 is then obtained through a simple arithmetic weighted sum of the normalized/scaled grids. This 500m resolution raster dataset is part of FAO’s Hand-in-Hand Initiative, Geographical Information Systems - Multicriteria Decision Analysis (GIS-MCDA) aimed at the identification of value chain infrastructure sites (optimal location). **Data publication:** 2022-10-17 **Contact points:** Resource Contact: [FAO-Data](mailto:fao-data@fao.org) Maintainer: [Justeen De Ocampo](mailto:justeen.deocampo@fao.org) **Data lineage:** lineage statement Major data sources, FAO GIS platform Hand-in-Hand and OpenStreetMap (open data) including the following datasets 1. Human Population Density 2020 – WorldPop2020 - Estimated total number of people per grid-cell 1km. 2. Mapspam Production – IFPRI's Spatial Production Allocation Model (SPAM) estimates crop distribution within disaggregated units. 3. OpenStreetMap. 4. Altas AI - Asset Wealth Index 2020 and Electrification 2021. 5. Mobile Broadband Coverage produced based on: Coverage Data © Collins Bartholomew and GSMA 2021. **Resource constraints:** This work is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC-BY 4.0) **Online resources:** Zipped raster TIF file for Crop Storage Final Location: Maize (Mauritania - ~ 500 m)