Non-Cereal Food Aid Deliveries in Tonnes from 1977

FAO data tracks global deliveries of non-cereal food aid commodities measured in tonnes. The dataset covers deliveries from 1977 to 1986, focusing on four key commodities during that period. It is provided by the Africa Development Indicators team, sourcing from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in skimmed milk powder and vegetable oil aid volumes over the 1977-1986 period.
• Model total non-cereal food aid tonnage as a function of time for the covered decade.
• Compare delivery patterns between dairy products (butter oil, skimmed milk powder) and other foodstuffs in later years.
• Forecast future pulses or sugar aid requirements based on historical delivery time-series.

Strengths

• Covers a defined 10-year period from 1977 to 1986.
• Explicitly lists tracked commodity groups including skimmed milk powder, vegetable oil, and pulses.

Limitations

• Data from 1977-1986 is limited to only four commodity types, missing others.
• No information on row count, geographic breakdown, or data completeness is provided.
• Dataset temporal coverage ends in 1986, making it historically stale for current analysis.

Provenance

Source

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), aggregated by Africa Development Indicators.

Collection Method

Compilation of reported international food aid deliveries.

Time Range

1977 to 1986 (with potential for later years not specified).