Agri-food system dashboard

Tableau prototype of the AgGDP+ new indicators dashboard: Despite successful agricultural growth in many countries and a growing emphasis on food systems, we lack indicators that measure the size and structure of countries’ agri-food systems. This makes it difficult to assess the pace of agricultural transformation and complicates the design and evaluation of policies from a “food systems perspective”. To address this gap, we have developed two new indicators that measure/track the size of a country’s agri-food system from an economic perspective. The first indicator (AgGDP+) captures total value added across major agri-food system components. The second indicator (AgEMP+) captures total employment across the agri-food system, including informal work and self-employment, and is further disaggregated by male and female workers. Using a combination of data and statistical imputation, we generate consistent estimates at national, regional, and global levels for the period 2010-2019. The online dashboard provides public/open access to these indicators.