A screenshot of FAOSTAT |
The online platform according to a
press statement made available to NaijaAgroNet has data of 245 countries and 35
regions, and would cover data from 1961 till date.
The Food Policy Research Institute
(IFPRI), International Labour Organization (ILO), Organisation for Economic
Co-operation and Development (OECD), UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
(UNFCCC), UN Statistics Division, World Bank and World Trade Organization (WTO)
partnered FAO in developing the FAOSTAT portal.
Statistical analyses to be covered at the
initial stage of the platform include trade, food balance sheets, food supply,
population, prices, production, forestry, investment, resources and commodity
balances, while greenhouse gases, food security and agri-environmental indicators
are expected to be added over the next few months.
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