*2.2. Data*

This study used three dataset types: observational weather station data, climate modelled data (statistically downscaled at the weather station level), and crop suitability data. The observed weather station data validated the mean monthly temperature and total monthly rainfall across the three AEZs. The crop suitability time series were simulated based on output from the Ecocrop suitability model [43] and the modelled climate data.
