This dataset is one derivative product from GAEZ v4 for year 2015 that includes gridded (5-arcminute resolution) irrigated and rainfed crop harvested area and crop yield for 26 different crops/crop categories (please see GAEZ_2015_Dimension_crops.csv for the full list).

For each country, the production for each crop was extracted from the FAOSTAT database ( http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/QC ; data downloaded April 2020). The three years average (2009-2011) of annual national crop production data was considered to represent 2010 national crop production, and the three years average (2014-2016) of annual crop production data to represent 2015 national crop production.

The method for updating crop production from 2010 to 2015 was the same as described for crop harvested area, except using the 2010 national crop areas, A_(P_(m,2010))^k and the crop production ratio FP,m,i.

Unit of measure

Crop Production: 1000 tonnes (10e6 kg) per 5-arcminute grid cell

More information about this global gridded crop harvest area, crop production, and crop yield and selected crops dataset is available in the full metadata at https://data.apps.fao.org/map/catalog/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/74bab234-3a1e-442d-93cf-0b34859e9a60