CropSuite v1.0 – a comprehensive open-source crop suitability model considering climate variability for climate impact assessment

Zabel, Florian; Knüttel, Matthias; Poschlod, Benjamin

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-18-1067-2025

Articles | Volume 18, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-18-1067-2025

© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-18-1067-2025

© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 18, issue 4

Model description paper

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24 Feb 2025

Model description paper |

| 24 Feb 2025

CropSuite v1.0 – a comprehensive open-source crop suitability model considering climate variability for climate impact assessment

Florian Zabel, Matthias Knüttel, and Benjamin Poschlod

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-18-1067-2025-supplement

Data sets

All raw data as GeoTIFF for all 48 crops Florian Zabel et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14514729

All compiled figures for all 48 crops (only shown exemplarily for maize in the manuscript) Florian Zabel et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14514729

CropSuite User Manual Matthias Knüttel and Florian Zabel https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14196314

Model code and software

CropSuite (v1.0) Source Code Matthias Knüttel and Florian Zabel https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13285635

CropSuite (v1.0) Source Code Matthias Knüttel and Florian Zabel https://github.com/flozabel/CropSuite

Short summary

CropSuite is a new open-source crop suitability model. It provides a GUI and a wide range of options, including a spatial downscaling of climate data. We apply CropSuite to 48 staple and opportunity crops at a 1 km spatial resolution in Africa. We find that climate variability significantly impacts suitable areas but also affects optimal sowing dates and multiple cropping potential. The results provide valuable information for climate impact assessments, adaptation, and land-use planning.