# Agriculture data resources

## National Agriculture Data Sources

**The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF)** website hosts a number of tools and data services, such as

* [Marketing Information System](http://webapps.daff.gov.za/amis/redirecting.amis;jsessionid=6f27af9f332c103f95b0a3d81325)
* [Weekly price watch](http://webapps.daff.gov.za/amis/Link.amis?method=priceTrends\&qMarket=Horticulture)
* [Daily fresh produce market prices](http://webapps.daff.gov.za/amis/amis_price_search.jsp)

[**Agricultural GIS**](http://daffarcgis.nda.agric.za/portal/home/) **(AGIS)** provides public access to spatial and non-spatial agricultural information and related datasets and interfaces for browsing specific data sources including:

[**AGIS Comprehensive Atlas**](https://agis.nda.agric.za/portal/home/) is a map-based view of a number of spatial data layers which can be enabled or disabled depending on area of interest. The data available for download in SHP file format and a sub-set of the data that can be viewed through the Atlas. 

Major layers include:

* Agriculture infrastructure (e.g. abattoirs, power stations, feedlots, fresh produce markets)
* Fires
* Administrative boundaries
* Climate Changes
* Crops and vegetation.
* Landuse (e.g. grazing capacity, irrigated land, cultivated crop types)
* Soil (e.g. erosion, natural fertility)
* Terrain and geology

An array of maps are available on [Map Gallery](http://daffarcgis.nda.agric.za/portal/apps/PublicGallery/index.html?appid=b56d3aa39fc942a6b6b4a5f7ac8bb7a4) including Grazing Capacity Eastern Cape and Metadata in JPEG and PDF format. 

## International Agriculture Data Sources

[OECD Library](https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/sites/8bd37901-en/index.html?itemId=/content/component/8bd37901-en) has a publication on the Agricultural Monitoring and Evaluation data available.

[OpenAfrica](https://open.africa/dataset/agricultural-statistics-south-africa-2018) has South African agricultural statistics on field crops, horticulture, livestock, important indicators and the contribution of agriculture in EXCEL format.