FAOstat Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

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FAOSTAT gives users access to food and agriculture data for over 245 countries and territories. Additionally, it covers all FAO regional groupings from 1961 to the most recent year available. Users are able to select different indicators and download that data.

General Pulling Instructions for FAOSTAT Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

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1. Navigate to the homepage of FAOSTAT

2. Near the top of the page, click on the tab labeled "Data"










3. A page will pop up with a number of different domains, click on the one your series is in







Specific Variable Example: SeriesAgMeatImportValueFAOTrade

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4. SeriesAgMeatImportValueFAOTrade in IFs is under the "Trade" category, select this a drop down menu appears




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5. A new page will appear where you can select the different variables that are under this category













6. Under "Countries" on the right hand side, select "Select All"

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7. Under "Years" on the left hand side, select "Select All"



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8. Under "Elements" on the right hand side, select "Import Value"

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9. On the bottom left side, next to the tab "Items", select "Items Aggregated"

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10. Next to the section "Crops and livestock products > (List)", click on the > button to bring down a list of different variables

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11. Scroll down and select "Meat and Meat Preparations + (Total)"

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12. Scroll down and select "Download Data"

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13. An Excel sheet will download. Now you can format the data to upload it into IFs.