



ERAg package containing the ERA dataset, bibliography, search terms and various vignettes and functions for processing and analyzing ERA data. Please use browseVignettes("ERAg") for vignettes that will guide you through the contents of this package. ERAg is complimented by the ERAgON package which links ERA observations to climate, soils and topographical information.
The ERA data paper is available here:
Rosenstock, T.S., Steward, P., Joshi, N. et al. Effects of changing farming practices in African agriculture. Sci Data 11, 958 (2024). doi.org
Acknowledgements
ERA v1 is being released based on support from the CGIAR Excellence in Agronomy Initiative and complimentary support from the Livestock and Climate Initiative for the livestock data. Earlier efforts toward ERA's development received financial support from the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security (CCAFS) Flagship Program on Practices and Technologies. Supplemental funding was provided by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), European Union (EU), International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), United States Department of Agriculture-Foreign Agricultural Service (USDA-FAS), CCAFS Flagship Program on Low Emissions Development, and the International Centre for Forestry Research (CIFOR)'s Evidence-Based Forestry.
If you use this software, please cite it as below.