Multi-criteria suitability analysis for neglected and underutilised crop species in South Africa

• Hillary Mugiyo ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Hillary Mugiyo, Vimbayi G. P. Chimonyo, Tafadzwa Mabhaudhi

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: mugiyoh@gmail.com

  Affiliation Centre for Transformative Agricultural and Food Systems, School of Agricultural, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2121-357X

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• Vimbayi G. P. Chimonyo ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Hillary Mugiyo, Vimbayi G. P. Chimonyo, Tafadzwa Mabhaudhi

  Roles Conceptualization, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre for Transformative Agricultural and Food Systems, School of Agricultural, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

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• Mbulisi Sibanda ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

  ¶‡ MS, RK and CD also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Centre for Transformative Agricultural and Food Systems, School of Agricultural, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

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• Richard Kunz ,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

  ¶‡ MS, RK and CD also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Centre for Water Resources Research, School of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Scottsville, South Africa

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• Luxon Nhamo,

  Roles Methodology, Software, Supervision

  Current address: Centre for Transformative Agricultural and Food Systems, School of Agricultural, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa; Centre for Water Resources Research, School of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Scottsville, South Africa

  Affiliations Centre for Transformative Agricultural and Food Systems, School of Agricultural, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, Water Research Commission of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa

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• Cecelia R. Masemola,

  Roles Methodology, Software, Supervision, Validation

  Affiliation Centre for Transformative Agricultural and Food Systems, School of Agricultural, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

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• Caroline Dalin ,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ MS, RK and CD also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Institute for Sustainable Resources, University College London, London, United Kingdom

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• Albert T. Modi,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre for Transformative Agricultural and Food Systems, School of Agricultural, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

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• Tafadzwa Mabhaudhi

  Contributed equally to this work with: Hillary Mugiyo, Vimbayi G. P. Chimonyo, Tafadzwa Mabhaudhi

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Centre for Transformative Agricultural and Food Systems, School of Agricultural, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa; Centre for Water Resources Research, School of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Scottsville, South Africa

  Affiliations Centre for Transformative Agricultural and Food Systems, School of Agricultural, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, Centre for Water Resources Research, School of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Scottsville, South Africa

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9323-8127

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