Description of Subject Domains
- Agricultural Production
Data are provided on: area harvested, yield, production quantity and seed for primary crops; production quantity for processed crops; stock of live animals; producing/slaughtered animals, yield and production quantity for primary livestock commodities; and producing/slaughtered animals and production quantity for processed livestock commodities.
Agricultural Production Indices (gross, net and per capita in International Dollars for each year in comparison to a base period) for Agriculture and it’s component commodities, Cereals, Crops, Food, Livestock and Non-Food have been calculated at country, regional and world levels. The Value of Agricultural Production is available for countries and agricultural commodities, expressed in local currency units.
- Food and Agriculture Trade
The TradeSTAT module provides comprehensive, comparable and up-to-date annual trade statistics by country, region and economic country groups for about 600 individual food and agriculture commodities since 1961. Data are provided for imports and exports, quantity and value for crops and livestock products and live animals.
The Detailed Trade Matrix provides data by reporting and partner country. This data is also shown in map format in the Detailed World Agricultural Trade Flows application.
Trade Indices are calculated for Crops and Livestock, primary and processed. Values for Import Value at Base Period Quantity, Export Value at Base Period Quantity, Import Value at Base Period Price and Export Value at Base Period Price are given in 1000$. Index numbers are a figure reflecting a change in value or quantity as compared with a standard or base. The base usually equals 100 and the index number is usually expressed as a percentage.
- Food Balance Sheets
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item i.e. each primary commodity availability for human consumption which corresponds to the sources of supply and its utilisation. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilisation side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock + used for seed, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per capita supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking in it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products also in terms of dietary energy value, protein] and fat content.
Food Balance Sheets are prepared for both individual countries and regional/economic country aggregates. The domain covers production, trade, feed and seed, waste, other utilisation and consumption and data is provided in quantity or calorie.
- Agricultural Price Statistics
This domain covers Annual Producer Prices in Local Currency Units, Standard Local Currencies and US Dollars, for crop and livestock products. PriceSTAT covers data from 1991 onwards for over 130 countries world-wide, representing 97% of the world’s value of production at 1999-2001 International Dollar Prices.
- Agricultural Resources
The Resources module considers factors of production for the agricultural sector. Broadly speaking, this section details how countries differ in endowments of the three classic inputs: labour, land and capital. Qualitative differences are important for each but are particularly difficult to summarise in a single indicator for land, the productivity of which depends heavily on water and soil conditions.
This domain currently provides data on: Fertilizers, Pesticides, Land, Machinery and Population.
- Forestry Production and Trade Flows
The Forestry domain covers the production and trade of: Industrial Roundwood, Wood Pulp, Wood Fuel, Paper and Paperboard, Sawnwood, Recovered Paper, Wood-based Panels. The Trade Flow data is provided by Reporter and Partner country.
Read more about this topic: Food And Agriculture Organization Corporate Statistical Database
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