Crop Data

This is the complete, and most recent South African ag stat database as of today.  It has 2,510 rows and covers the period between 1981 and 2022.  All pre-existing ag data should be deleted and replaced with what is in this database.

The spreadsheet has 6 tabs: data, METADATA, crop, FNID, season, notes, adminevolution. The Metadata tab includes some pre-existing metadata that should be deleted and replaced with new metadata shown in this tab.

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Country Context

Administrative/Reporting Units

Admin reporting unit name changes occurred between 1994 and 2003. However, there were no changes in boundaries. Thus, we have only created 1 admin boundary set which is dated as 1994.For other purposes, and to have a record, the actual changes in admin/political boundaries are mapped out in the AdminEvolution tab.

Crop Data

Context

Historical ag data were re-compiled by the Ministry of Agriculture Ag Stat office to match the 1994 boundaries. 

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