Kenya Crops and Fertilizer App

Welcome to Kenya and Fertilizer Map Application This app will enable you to identify the right crop for the right place. It gives information on Agroecological zones, average seasonal rainfall, crop varieties and types, general soil information, predicted soil pH and soil nutrient necessary for crop growth. It is based on Farm Management Handbook of Kenya How to Use If you want to know the right crop for a particular geographic location, then you can input place on the search bar or tap on the map or if you have GPS enabled on your phone, then you can tap on the My Place blue icon at the bottom right corner. Data Maps and Crop Database was provided by Dr. Mike Teucher of Trier University Biogeography Department Soil pH and nutrients retrieved from ISRIC - World Soil Information Weather rainfall patterns from 1999 - 2006 provided by Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) downloaded from TRMM - Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission Weather rainfall patterns from 2007 - 2019 provided by SM2RAIN-ASCAT (2007-2019) global daily satellite rainfall downloaded from SM2RAIN-ASCAT (2007-2019) References and Citations JAETZOLD, R., HORNETZ, B., SHISANYA, C.A. & SCHMIDT, H. (Eds., 2005- 2012): Farm Management Handbook of Kenya.- Vol. I-IV (Western, Central, Eastern, Nyanza, Southern Rift Valley, Northern Rift Valley, Coast), Nairobi Hengl, T., Leenaars, J.G.B., Shepherd, K.D. et al. Soil nutrient maps of Sub-Saharan Africa: assessment of soil nutrient content at 250 m spatial resolution using machine learning .Nutr Cycl Agroecosyst (2017) 109: 77. Paper Link Hengl T, Mendes de Jesus J, Heuvelink GBM, Ruiperez Gonzalez M, Kilibarda M, et al. (2017) SoilGrids250m: Global gridded soil information based on machine learning. PLOS ONE 12(2): e0169748. Paper Link Huffman, G.J., Adler, R.F., Bolvin, D.T., Gu, G., Nelkin, E.J., Bowman, K.P., Hong, Y., Stocker, E.F. and Wolff, D.B., 2007, The TRMM Multisatellite Precipitation Analysis (TMPA): quasi-global, multiyear, combined-sensor precipitation estimates at fine scales. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 8, pp. 38–55.Paper Link Brocca, L., Filippucci, P., Hahn, S., Ciabatta, L., Massari, C., Camici, S., Schüller, L., Bojkov, B., Wagner, W. (2019). SM2RAIN–ASCAT (2007–2018): global daily satellite rainfall data from ASCAT soil moisture observations. Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 11, 1583–1601 Paper Link Other Resources Crop pictures used in the app have been download from Wikipedia Creative Commons Icons used have been made by Roundicons Licensed under CC 3.0 BY