Net food import data for maize is calculated by subtracting a country's export tonnage from its import tonnage, sourced from FAOSTAT's Trade: Crops and Livestock Products. This dataset serves as a proxy indicator for national vulnerability to fluctuations in global food prices. It was compiled by the Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) using World Bank platforms.
Use Cases
- Modeling country vulnerability to global maize price shocks using the net import metric.
- Analyzing national maize self-sufficiency trends by comparing import and export tonnage figures.
- Ranking countries by maize trade deficit or surplus for regional security assessments.
Strengths
- Data is derived from the authoritative FAOSTAT database.
- Provides a calculated proxy metric for food price vulnerability.
Limitations
- Specific row count, column details, and temporal coverage are unknown.
- Limited to maize, excluding other critical food crops.
Provenance
- Source
- FAOSTAT (Trade: Crops and Livestock Products)
- Collection Method
- Net imports calculated as Import level (tonnes) minus Export level (tonnes).
- Time Range
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- Freshness
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- Geography
- Country-level