Global Spatially-Disaggregated Crop Production Statistics for 2010

Global crop production data estimated at a grid-cell level for the year 2010. The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) created this dataset using its Spatial Production Allocation Model (SPAM), which employs a cross-entropy approach to disaggregate national and sub-national statistics into finer spatial units.

Use Cases

• Modeling crop yield and performance patterns based on spatially disaggregated production estimates.
• Targeting agricultural policy and investment based on grid-level crop distribution data.
• Analyzing the confluence of geography and agricultural production systems based on the global grid-scape.
• Assessing food security and environmental impacts using spatially refined crop data.

Strengths

• Data is spatially disaggregated to grid-cell level, revealing finer patterns than country or province data.
• Created by the authoritative International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
• Covers a global geographic scope for the year 2010.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
• Row count and file size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Collection Method

Generated using IFPRI's Spatial Production Allocation Model (SPAM) with a cross-entropy approach.

Time Range

2010

Freshness

Last updated date is unknown.

Geography

Global