New Africa RISING geospatial maps show cropping patterns and land use changes in MaliZ BBirhanuauthorAfrica RISING and the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid-Tropics (ICRISAT) Geospatial Unit in Patancheru, India, have developed land use maps of Africa RISING project intervention sites in southern Mali. The new maps, which were produced in mid-August 2015, will ease the process of identifying and visualizing different crop domains and possible natural resource management (NRM) sites within the Africa RISING intervention villages in Mali. The maps were produced using high resolution imagery from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). “These maps will show us where to focus our sustainable intensification efforts in Mali; they will also guide preparation of country strategies for sustainable primary productivity,” explains Birhanu Zemadim. “We will use the ground survey data they provide to prepare geospatial products associated with land use/land cover, crop intensity, length of growing periods, land use changes over the period, and NRM technologies.” he adds...OthersAgriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics2015-09IITAArticle