Malawi Agricultural Inputs and Productivity Data from World Bank and FAO

World Bank data on agriculture and rural development in Malawi, compiled by the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization. The dataset contains measures of agricultural inputs, outputs, and productivity, focusing on challenges like land and water degradation for the rural poor. It was last updated on 2026-04-28.

Use Cases

• Analyzing trends in agricultural productivity based on compiled FAO measures.
• Modeling the relationship between agricultural inputs and outputs for rural economies.
• Assessing challenges to food production from land and water degradation mentioned in the description.
• Studying the role of agriculture as a source of income for the rural poor in Malawi.

Strengths

• Data originates from the World Bank and the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization, suggesting institutional credibility.
• The description specifies a focus on measures of agricultural inputs, outputs, and productivity.
• Available under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

World Bank Group, with data compiled by the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

Collection Method

Likely aggregated from national and international statistical sources.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-28 09:52:33.127363; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Malawi