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FAOSTAT (version 1.6)

getFAOtoSYB: Access to FAO FAOSTAT API

Description

A wrapper function using getFAO() to obtain and process multiple data set to obtain data.

Usage

getFAOtoSYB(name = NULL, domainCode = "RL",
    elementCode = 5110, itemCode = 6621, query,
    printURL = FALSE, productionDB = FALSE, useCHMT = TRUE,
    outputFormat = c("wide", "long"), returnFlags = FALSE)

Arguments

name
The name to be given to the variable.
domainCode
The domain code of the variable, see details.
elementCode
The element code of the variable, see details.
itemCode
The item code of the variable, see details.
query
The object created if using the FAOsearch function
printURL
Whether the url link for the data should be printed
productionDB
Use the production data base
useCHMT
logical, whether the CHMT function should be
outputFormat
The format of the data, can be 'long' or 'wide'. appied to avoid double counting of China.
returnFlags,
Logical, whether the flags should be returned. Only work with outputFormat long.

Value

  • A list containing the following elements [object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

See Also

getWDI, getFAO, getWDItoSYB

Examples

Run this code
## The default option is the arable land area
## arlLand.lst = getFAOtoSYB()

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