Catalog / FAOSTAT -- Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators (ASTI): Researchers (domain AF), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

fao_af

FAOSTAT -- Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators (ASTI): Researchers (domain AF), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Name: FAOSTAT -- Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators (ASTI): Researchers (domain AF), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Creator: FAOSTAT
License: https://www.fao.org/contact-us/terms/en/

Open · redistributedRedistributable, non-commercial (provider terms verified)Agriculture & Food

Source: FAO (FAOSTAT). Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Redistributable. This source is served as canonical Parquet under the license below, with attribution and provenance preserved.

Coverage

Series catalogued

162

Temporal coverage

1981-01-01 – 2016-01-01

Licensing & provenance

License: Redistributable, non-commercial (provider terms verified)
License URL: https://www.fao.org/contact-us/terms/en/
Required attribution: Source: FAO (FAOSTAT). Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Redistribution: Permitted (served here)
Commercial use: Restricted / no
Modification: Permitted
Provider homepage: https://www.fao.org/faostat/
Provider terms: https://www.fao.org/contact-us/terms/db-terms-of-use/en/

How to cite

FAOSTAT -- Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators (ASTI): Researchers (domain AF), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Retrieved from https://www.fao.org/faostat/. Compiled and redistributed by the Elkassabgi Data Library.

Processing: Retrieved from the official source, normalized to a long {series_key, obs_date, value} schema (period-start dates), de-duplicated, and stored as zstd Parquet. Compiled and redistributed by the Elkassabgi Data Library.

Access & mirrors

Download: Select & download fao_af series as CSV →
API: Get a free API key, then GET /v1/series/<id>.csv
Canonical landing: https://econdatalibrary.com/fao_af
Automated refresh: not yet wired — the data here is the verified initial load. See the Source Status board.

Structured metadata

schema.org/Dataset (Google Dataset Search)

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Croissant (ML-ready, schema.org JSON-LD)

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Part of the Econ Data Library catalog · metadata generated 2026-08-02 from the central registry · browse all datasets