Community suitability of Faryab, Afghanistan
Marginally suitable confidence B · live score 47
71
best land · p90
69%
good land
—
one block
How each domain holds up
Legal & sovereignty 31
Governance, safety & tenure 23
Economy & cost 57
Society, freedom & health 62
Land & water 72
Climate, growing & hazards 59
Autonomy & access 59
Where it pushes back
Food & forage diversityGovernance & corruptionLand tenure security
Within Faryab — 14 sub-regions
Estimated finer-grained reads from the same open data. Phase-1, not yet verified.
Khwajasabzposh
strongest Autonomy & access (80) ·
weakest Governance, safety & tenure (23)
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Marginally suitable 49
Qaysar
strongest Land & water (72) ·
weakest Governance, safety & tenure (23)
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Marginally suitable 48
Pashtunkot
strongest Autonomy & access (77) ·
weakest Governance, safety & tenure (23)
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Marginally suitable 48
Almar
strongest Land & water (76) ·
weakest Governance, safety & tenure (23)
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Marginally suitable 47
Shirintagab
strongest Land & water (75) ·
weakest Governance, safety & tenure (23)
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Marginally suitable 47
Dawlatabad
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Marginally suitable 47
Khan-e-Char Bagh
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Marginally suitable 46
Bilcheragh
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Marginally suitable 46
Andkhoy
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Marginally suitable 46
Qorghan
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Marginally suitable 45
Qaramqol
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Marginally suitable 45
Garziwan
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Marginally suitable 44
Maymana
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Marginally suitable 43
Kohestan
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Marginally suitable 42
Reading the land, criterion by criterion
Each signal names the open dataset behind it and how measured it is.
Legal entity & land frameworkcountry B OECD FDI RRI + manual
Education & schooling freedomcountry B HSLDA + UNESCO UIS
Seed & agricultural autonomycountry C UPOV membership proxy
Governance & corruptioncountry A World Bank WGI + Transparency CPI
Land tenure securitycountry A IPRI (de jure) + Prindex (de facto)
Business & economic viabilitycountry A World Bank B-READY, Heritage, Fraser
Cost of living, labour & landcountry A World Bank PPP, ILOSTAT
Monetary & capital sovereigntycountry A IMF/World Bank, Chinn-Ito
Personal freedomcountry A Cato/Fraser Human Freedom Index
Healthcare qualitycountry B WHO GHO
Disease / vector burden A Malaria Atlas + dengue Index P
Soil quality A SoilGrids (ISRIC)
Water availability & quality A WRI Aqueduct + AQUASTAT
Terrain & buildability A SRTM / NASADEM
Land cover & degradation A ESA WorldCover + Global Forest Watch
Biodiversity & alignment B Biodiversity Intactness Index
Climate & natural hazards A ThinkHazard + NASA FIRMS + USGS
Growing conditions A CHELSA / FAO GAEZ
Food & forage diversity B FAO GAEZ crop suitability + GLW
Coastal risk B Climate Central CoastalDEM
Energy potential A Global Solar Atlas + Global Wind Atlas
Natural building materials B SoilGrids clay + forest + geology
Environmental quality A SEDAC PM2.5 + VIIRS night-lights
Connectivity A Ookla + ITU (+ Starlink)
Accessibility A Malaria Atlas friction surface
Remoteness / surroundings A GPWv4 population density
Contamination legacy C Maus mining polygons + WRI power plants
Phase-1 desk screening
These are desk numbers from open data. Soil tests, water rights and the welcome of actual neighbours all wait for a visit — we'd rather say so than pretend.
Other regions in Afghanistan
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