Application of Benford's law in agricultural production statistics
Journal of the National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka
; 50(2):387-393, 2022.
Article
in English
| CAB Abstracts | ID: covidwho-2315182
ABSTRACT
The importance of food supply throughout the world has once again shown its significance in the COVID-19 pandemic period. A continuous food supply is possible with correct agricultural programming. An effective agricultural product programming can only be possible by obtaining precise agricultural data. However, it is very difficult to gather accurate agricultural production statistics from all over the world and confirm their accuracy. In this study, the compatibility of the production statistics of six important agricultural products (wheat, rice, potato, onion, banana, apple) which had been collected from local sources, and had published as opensource by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, with Benford's law was examined for the first time. Data for the last two decades are used to ignore the impact of annual fluctuations. The compatibility of theoretically expected and observed data was tested by Chi-square (X2) and Mean Absolute Deviation (MAD) tests. Although inconsistencies were found in some data by examining the numbers in the first, second, and first two digits, in general, the MAD test results gave a mostly concordant result.
Agricultural Economics [EE110]; Field Crops [FF005]; Supply; Demand and Prices [EE130]; Plant Production [FF100]; Laws and Regulations [DD500]; Crop Produce [QQ050]; Food Economics [EE116]; Horticultural Crops [FF003]; Horticultural Economics [EE111]; Mathematics and Statistics [ZZ100]; Information and Documentation [CC300]; rice; maize; wheat; potatoes; onions; bananas; apples; statistics; agricultural production; fluctuations; food supply; crop production; economic impact; food security; productivity; supply; Solanum tuberosum; Allium cepa; Triticum aestivum; Oryza sativa; Zea mays; Musa; Triticum; Allium; Malus; Turkey; Solanum; Solanaceae; Solanales; eudicots; angiosperms; Spermatophyta; plants; eukaryotes; Amaryllidaceae; Asparagales; monocotyledons; Poaceae; Poales; commelinids; Oryza; Zea; Musaceae; Zingiberales; Mediterranean Region; OECD Countries; upper-middle income countries; very high Human Development Index countries; West Asia; Asia; Rosaceae; Rosales; paddy; corn
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