Christina Jade Justice¹, Inbal Becker-Reshef¹, Brian Barker², Michael Laurence Humber², Antonio Sanchez², Catherine Nakalembe³, Felix Rembold⁴, Rogerio Bonifacio⁵, Mario Zappacosta⁶, Shinichi Sobue⁷, Kenneth Mwangi⁸ and James Verdin⁹, (1)University of Maryland College Park, Geographical Sciences, College Park, MD, United States, (2)University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, United States, (3)UMD, College Park, United States, (4)European Commission Joint Research Centre, Ispra Vey, Italy, (5)World Food Program, VAM, Rome, Italy, (6)Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Global Information and Early Warning System, Rome, Italy, (7)JAXA, Tsukuba, Japan, (8)IGAD/ICPAC, Nairobi, Kenya, (9)US Agency for International Development, Falls Church, VA, United States