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[1] “Review of Global Food Prices Databases: Overlaps, Gaps and Opportunities to Improve Harmonization”, Food Security Information Network, December 2014
[2] The alpha-numeric code at the beginning of the FEWS NET-derived CPC code serves also to avoid losing the initial “0” which begins many CPC V2 crop codes, when they are used in Excel.
[3] “Un-processed crops are meant to refer to the crop plant, as it comes from the field, with no other processing applied to it. Nevertheless, “drying” a crop is not considered a processing operation. The “de-husking” of rice is another notable processing practice which is not considered a “processing” operation.
[4] The terms “vegetables” and “fruits” are used liberally here to indicate a commonly-perceived grouping of crop plants.
[5] English, French and Spanish names predominate, but many come from other languages.