50x2030 Expands the Agricultural Evidence Base in Developing Countries: 49 Microdata Sets and 77 Publications Now Publicly Available
The 50x2030 Initiative is strengthening the agricultural evidence base for policy, resource allocation, and results monitoring. Across 21 participating countries, 77 statistical publications and 49 public-use microdata sets are available, with further products advancing through country-led clearance. This progress shows what sustained collaboration and support from World Bank Group IDA-IBRD programs and donor contributions can enable, particularly where critical information gaps persist.
Results are publicly available from Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Côte d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Georgia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia, extending access to timely, nationally produced evidence across Africa and Asia.
The 77 reports and bulletins cover agricultural production, farm structure, livelihoods, productivity, gender, environmental conditions, and other national priorities. Six additional survey reports are undergoing national clearance before publication.
The 49 publicly available anonymized microdata sets were prepared with FAO and/or World Bank Group support. Six additional licensed sets, prepared with FAO assistance, await country-level release. Their documentation and anonymization reflect the technical and institutional work needed to make survey data ready for wider use.
Why these data matter
Accessible, well-documented, official agricultural data help governments and their partners identify needs, target public resources and development assistance, design more responsive policies and programs, and track results over time. They give researchers and investors a stronger basis for understanding production, farm livelihoods, productivity constraints, gender disparities, and environmental conditions. The expanding availability of these resources also signals a broader shift: from stand-alone data collection toward stronger national systems capable of generating the evidence needed to prioritize scarce resources, improve accountability, and guide resilient and inclusive agricultural development.
Together, these reports, bulletins, dashboards, and microdata demonstrate the cumulative value of sustained engagement in country data systems. As the catalogue grows, the Initiative will continue helping countries move beyond data production to effective use—so that better evidence can inform policy choices, sharpen planning, strengthen monitoring, and guide investments where they can have the greatest impact.
Explore the growing collection of datasets, publications, and country access points on the 50x2030 Data Access page. Additional survey microdata can be accessed through the FAO Food and Agriculture Microdata (FAM) Catalogue and the World Bank Microdata Library.