How many time does it happen that you see something like this picture
and you immediately ask yourself: What kind of yields are we talking about anyway? Just ballpark, mind. But what would constitute a good yield for these farmers looking at different millet landraces and varieties during this field day?
Well, of course there is FAOStat, but that can be clunky. And those colours! So now the good people at HarvestChoice have developed a little widget that makes access to some of FAOStat’s data a lot less painful, including on the eyes. It’s called HappyStat, and this is what it says about millet yields in India:
| Yield, kg ha-1 (Growth Rate, % yr-1) |
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| Crop, Country | 1965 | 1975 | 1985 | 1995 | 2005 |
| MILLET in INDIA |
345 | 554 (2.82) | 457 (0.14) | 679 (4.31) | 750 (1.63) |
| Source: Aggregated from FAOSTAT 2006 |
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Ah, but which millet I hear you ask. And won’t yields differ in different parts of the country? One step at a time, Grasshopper, one step at a time.
LATER: Oh, and by the way, when are we going to see FAOStat data googleized?