Wheat yield data measures kilograms produced per hectare of harvested land. The dataset covers production for dry grain crops, excluding those harvested for hay, green feed, or grazing. It is compiled by the Africa Development Indicators organization from World Bank sources.
Use Cases
- Analyze trends in wheat yield per hectare over time for different countries.
- Model the relationship between yield and regional climate or policy indicators.
- Benchmark national wheat production efficiency against global averages using the kg per hectare metric.
- Forecast grain supply shocks by detecting anomalies in the yield time-series.
Strengths
- Data focuses specifically on dry grain harvests, providing a standardized metric for comparison.
- Sourced from the World Bank, a major provider of global development statistics.
Limitations
- The exact number of countries, years covered, and row count are unknown.
- Excludes crops for hay, green feed, or grazing, limiting analysis of total wheat utilization.
- Geographic coverage bias is possible if data is primarily from African nations.
Provenance
- Source
- World Bank, Africa Development Indicators
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