Table 16 - Delineation Criteria of multiple cropping zones under rain-fed conditions in the tropics

Zone

LGP

LGPt=5

LGPt=10

TSt=0

TSt=10

TS-Gt=5

TS-Gt=10

A[1]

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

B[2]

>  45

>120

>90

>1600

>1000

-

-

C[3]

>220

>220

>

>5500

 

>

>

>200

>200

>120

>6400

n.a.

>3200

>2700

>180

>200

>

>7200

 

>

>

D[4]

>270

>270

>

>5500

 

>

>

>240

>240

>165

>6400

n.a.

>4000

>3200

>210

>240

>

>7200

 

>

>

E

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

F

>300

>300

>240

>7200

>7000

>5100

>4800

G

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

H

>360

>360

>360

>7200

>7000

-

-

Table 17 - Delineation Criteria of multiple cropping zones under rain-fed conditions in subtropics and temperate zones

Zone

LGP

LGPt=5

LGPt=10

TSt=0

TSt=10

TS-Gt=5

TS-Gt=10

A[1]

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

B[2]

>  45

>120

>90

>1600

>1000

-

-

C

>180

>200

>120

>3600

>3000

>3200

>2900

D

>210

>240

>165

>4500

>3600

>4000

>3200

E

>240

>270

>180

>4800

>4500

>4300

>4000

F

>300

>300

>240

>5400

>5100

>5100

>4800

G

>330

>330

>270

>5700

>5500

-

-

H

>360

>360

>330

>7200

>7000

-

-



[1] Applies if conditions for zone B (‘single cropping’) are not met.

[2] The program tests if at least one of the crop/LUTs is agro-climatically suitable in the respective grid-cell.

[3], [4] Refers to, respectively, high-land, mid high-land, and lowland areas in the tropics.


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