70 percent of the world's poor live in rural areas where agriculture is the main source of income. Data presented include measures of agricultural inputs, outputs, and productivity compiled by the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization. The dataset is sourced from the World Bank and was last updated on 2026-04-28.
Use Cases
- Analyzing trends in agricultural productivity based on compiled FAO measures.
- Modeling the relationship between rural development and agricultural inputs.
- Assessing food security challenges in Mauritius based on agricultural output data.
Strengths
- Data is compiled by the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization, a recognized authority.
- The dataset is licensed under CC-BY-4.0, allowing for flexible reuse.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- World Bank Group
- Collection Method
- Compiled by the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-28 09:49:55.424824; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Mauritius