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TABLE 9.1
NDVI and Its Key Drivers Change of Agricultural Area (FAOSTAT)

Resolution Baseline End Line Source

NDVI 8 × 8 km 1982-1986 2002-2006 Global Land Cover Facility ( www.landcover.org ), Tucker et al. (2004);

NOAA AVHRR NDVI data

Proximate Causes of Land Degradation

Precipitation 0.54° × 054° 1981-1984 2003-2006 Climate Research Unit (CRU), University of East Anglia;

www.cru.uea.ac.uk/cru/data/precip/

Agricultural intensification Country 1990-1992 2007-2009 FAOSTAT: http://faostat.fao.org/site/

Underlying Causes of Land Degradation

Population density 0.5° × 0.5° 1990 2005 CIESIN: http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/gpw/

GDP Country 1982-1986 2002-2006 IMF: www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2010/02/

Government effectiveness Country 1996-1998 2007-2009 Worldwide Governance Indicators: http://info.worldbank.org/governance/

wgi/index.asp

Poverty-Infant Mortality
Rate (per 1000 live births)

Subnational
administrative divisions

2005 2005 CIESIN: http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/povmap/

Sources: Benin, S. et al. Monitoring African Agricultural Development Processes and Performance: A Comparative Analysis . International Food Policy Research Institute
(IFPRI), Washington, DC, 2010. World Bank, Country data on agriculture, 2011. Available at http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NV.AGR.TOTL.ZS , accessed
July 7, 2012.
Notes: Agricultural expenditure as percent of allocated government budget and agriculture contribution to GDP.