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Publishing Details
Map Type:
Raster Map
Unit:
head
Publication Date:
August, 2011
Publisher:
HarvestChoice/International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Years Covered:
2005
Version:
SChEF r12.05
Primary Contact:
Zhe Guo Abstract
Raw data from FAO Gridded Livestock of the World (2007) in head/sq. km was aggregated to the 5 arc-minute grid cell and multiplied by cell size. (aggregation type: SUM)
Data Sources & Credits
HarvestChoice/IFPRI 2010 / FAO. 2007. Gridded livestock of the world 2007, by G.R.W. Wint and T.P. Robinson. Rome, pp 131.
Citation
HarvestChoice, 2011. "Pig population (head) (2005)." International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, DC., and University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN. Available online at http://harvestchoice.org/node/4786.
Additional Attributes
Commodities:
Pigs
Lowest Geographic Unit: sub-Saharan Africa
Geographic Coverage: West Africa, East & Central Africa, Southern Africa
Format/Platform: Data available for download in CSV format. Spatial data layer may be explored using MAPPR and downloaded in geoTIFF and ASCII raster formats.
Funding Agency: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Keywords: Livestock