Data compiled by the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization and sourced from the World Bank's data portal. It includes measures of agricultural inputs, outputs, and productivity relevant to rural livelihoods. The dataset was last updated on 2026-04-27.
Use Cases
- Analyzing agricultural productivity trends based on FAO-compiled output measures.
- Assessing rural development challenges based on data on land and water depletion.
- Modeling the relationship between agricultural inputs and outputs for policy planning.
- Studying the role of agriculture in rural income and employment, as mentioned in the description.
Strengths
- Sourced from the World Bank's authoritative data portal.
- Data is compiled by the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization.
- License is CC-BY-4.0, permitting open sharing and adaptation.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Provenance
- Source
- World Bank Group
- Collection Method
- Compiled by the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-27 20:35:03.539537; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Benin