Table 1. Biophysical requirements of coffee ( Coffea arabica L.), cashew ( Anacadrium occidentale L.) and avocado ( Persea americana Mill.) used in the model, classified into four suitability classes (S1: Highly suitable, S2: Moderately suitable, S3: Marginally suitable, N: Unsuitable). The classification was done based on several sources for coffee [24–28], cashew [13, 16, 24, 25]and avo- cado [24, 25, 29, 30]. Coffee Cashew Avocado Criteria S1 S2 S3 N S1 S2 S3 N S1 S2 S3 N Climate Mean annual temperature (˚C) 17–22 22–25 15–17 25–28 12–15 >28 <12 24–28 28–31 20–24 31–34 15–20 >34 <15 18–26 26–30 15–18 30–45 10–15 >45 <10 Mean minimum temperature of coldest month (˚C) 10–19 19–21 7–10 21–23 4–7 >23 <4 >10 8–10 4–8 <4 >16 13–16 8–13 <8 Mean annual precipitation (mm) 1400–1800 1800– 2300 1000– 1400 2300– 4200 750– 1000 >4200 <750 1000–2250 2250– 3200 800– 1000 3200– 4500 500– 800 >4500 <500 1200–1800 1800– 2000 1200– 1000 2000– 2500 750– 1000 >2500 <750 Length of dry season (months) 1–4 4–5 0–1 5–6 - >6 0–4 4–5 5–6 >6 1–4 4–6 <1 >6 - Mean relative humidity of driest month (%) 40–70 70–80 30–40 80–90 20–30 >90 <20 >30 25–30 20–25 <20 - - - - Land and Soil Artificial surfaces (type) a 0,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11 - - 1 0,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11 - - 1 0,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11 - - 1 Protected areas (category) b - - - 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 - - - 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 - - - 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 Slope (%) 0–8 8–16 16–30 >30 0–8 8–16 16–30 >30 0–8 8–16 16–30 >30 Soil texture (USDA class) c 1,3,4,5,7,8,10 6 9 2,11,12