HarvestStat Consortium
The HarvestStat Consortium is collaboratively collating subnational agricultural statistics to produce a freely available global database for use in research and operations.
The databases underpinning HarvestStat date back to around 2005, when researchers at institutions including the International Food Policy Research Institute, McGill University, and the University of Minnesota began compiling a subnational crop production database for research purposes that grew to cover over 20,000 political units.
Starting in 2016 the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) compiled a database of over 11 million crop production data points for operational food security analysis. By combining these databases with those of LUCKINet, Harvard University, Stockholm Environment Institute, and the Rutgers Climate Impact Lab, the database has grown to over 14 million data points.
The data collected by all groups is now contributed towards this single database that forms the foundation of HarvestStat. FEWS NET makes this extensive, well-structured, and documented database accessible through the FEWS Data Warehouse (FDW).
Databases
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FEWS Data Warehouse
The FEWS NET Data Warehouse acts as the central storage location and access portal for data used by HarvestStat
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Harvard Dataverse
The Harvard Dataverse is a free, open-source, web-based data repository designed for sharing, archiving, citing, exploring, and analyzing research data.
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Harvest Data Portal
Harvest Portal is the NASA Harvest Consortium's Data Repository for Agricultural Geospatial Data. This Data Catalog provides searchable access to datasets, services, metadata, and data descriptions.
HarvestStat Datasets
HarvestStat Africa presents the largest compilation of open-access subnational crop statistics and time-series across Sub-Saharan Africa.
HarvestStat Papers
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HarvestStat Africa – Harmonized Subnational Crop Statistics for Sub-Saharan Africa
Lee, D., Anderson, W., Chen, X., Davenport, F., Shukla, S., Ritvik Sahajpal, Budde, M., Rowland, J., Verdin, J., You, L., Matthieu Ahouangbenon, Davis, K. F., Kebede, E., Ehrmann, S., Justice, C., & Meyer, C. (2025). HarvestStat Africa – Harmonized Subnational Crop Statistics for Sub-Saharan Africa. Scientific Data, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-05001-z
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HarvestStat: a global effort towards open and standardized sub-national agricultural data
Davis, K. F., Anderson, W., Ehrmann, S., Flach, R., Meyer, C., Proctor, J., Ray, D. K., You, L., Foley, M., Kerdiles, H., Hultgren, A., Huybers, P., Kebede, E., Meroni, M., Park, C., & Lee, D. (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
News and Blogs
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HarvestStat Africa: Open Data Initiative Fuels the Fight Against Hunger
September 16, 2025
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UMD Collaborates on Largest Open-Source Crop Data Resource for Africa
September 18, 2025
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A New Dataset is Powering the Fight Against Hunger in Africa
September 23, 2025
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GEOGLAM Special Report - 2026/27 El Niño impacts on crop yields
June 16, 2026
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