HarvestStat: A global effort towards open and standardized sub-national agricultural data

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dc.creatorDavis, Kyle Frankel
dc.creatorAnderson, Weston
dc.creatorEhrmann, Steffen
dc.creatorFlach, Rafaela
dc.creatorMeyer, Carsten
dc.creatorProctor, Jonathan
dc.creatorRay, Deepak
dc.creatorYou, Liangzhi
dc.creatorFoley, Michael
dc.creatorKerdiles, Hervé
dc.creatorHultgren, Andrew
dc.creatorHuybers, Peter
dc.creatorKebede, Endalkachew
dc.creatorMeroni, Michele
dc.creatorPark, Caro
dc.creatorLee, Donghoon
dc.date2025-05-01
dc.date2025-10-14T16:45:29Z
dc.date2025-10-14T16:45:29Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:18:01Z
dc.descriptionAgricultural production statistics underpin diverse research efforts and development activities. Yet despite their critical importance, efforts to collate, update, and harmonize detailed sub-national agricultural production statistics are frequently redundant and incomplete due to the substantial time, effort, and resources required. The persisting lack of coordination and standards in the food systems data community wastes valuable resources and hinders advances in action-oriented food systems knowledge. Here we introduce the HarvestStat sub-national data consortium as an open-source, collaborative, and transparent model to overcome these challenges. HarvestStat is collaboratively producing publicly available databases and datasets for the food systems community and the broader environmental and sustainability sciences by moving beyond closed and disjointed data-gathering efforts. We are guided by core principles of complete data openness—prioritizing high standards of quality assurance; active inclusion—emphasizing involvement from local experts; and collaboration—fostering engagement across communities of data producers and users. We extend an open global call to action, inviting organizations and individuals to engage in advancing this critical agenda.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/177076
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/100414
dc.languageen
dc.publisherIOP Publishing
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceDavis, Kyle Frankel; Anderson, Weston; Ehrmann, Steffen; Flach, Rafaela; Meyer, Carsten; Proctor, Jonathan; et al. 2025. HarvestStat: a global effort towards open and standardized sub-national agricultural data. Environmental Research Letters 20(5): 052001. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/adcb54
dc.subjectagricultural production
dc.subjectstatistical data
dc.subjectfood systems
dc.subjectconsortia
dc.titleHarvestStat: A global effort towards open and standardized sub-national agricultural data
dc.typeJournal Article

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