News

2024-10-28

Source: vignettes/vignette_news.Rmd

2024 updates

2024-10-17 * Merge the BYU and PCE branches into master.

Structure change to make the package accessible to all modelers (not just GCAM)

  • GCAM specific chunks are added in DISABLED_MODULES in constants.R.
  • write_csv_model is added to driver_drake(). If write_csv_model = GCAM, related CSV will be exported to output/gcamfaostat_GCAM.
  • Prepare for the next release

Raw data archive 2024

  • Input data updated to include 2022. Both remote archive and prebuilt data have been updated.
  • The source data downloaded from FAOSTAT is archived at a Zenodo repository.

2024-4-22 # JOSS Published * gcamfaostat v1.0.0 * doi.org/10.21105/joss.06388

2024-2-11

2024-1-28

  • The first version of gcamfaostat is still being processed/reviewed at JOSS
  • We now create a release version to have a snapshot of this version (replicating the processing for GCAM v7.0 AgLU in data)
  • Next stages of development:
    1. BYU: GCAM base year update to 2021 and
    2. PCE: primary commodity equivalent processing and method documentation
  • Possibly adding IFPRI SPAM data in the processing chain

2023 updates

JOSS submission

2023-11-10

  • gcamfaostat is now submitted to JOSS for review and publication
  • gcamfaostat v1.0.0 includes the data generated for the Global Change Analysis Model v7.0 GCAM v7.0.
  • We will make an official release after the JOSS review.

2023-11-09 # FAOSTAT (in the recent Oct release) provide 2021 data # We will now update gcamfaostat to include the latest data and for GCAM BYU # A new BYU branch is created for this task

2023-11-08

  • All Github Action test passed. Badges added!

2023-11-07

  • All documentations down, including paper.md
  • Coauthor comments resolved.
  • Creating a release version and submitting to JOSS.

October 2023 updates

2023-10-30
* Vignettes completed

2023-10-25
ToDo before JOSS submission

  • Check package license (PNNL)
  • Check Zenodo license for FAOSTAT data [Done: CC BY-NC-SA]
  • Test & Check; Adding GitHub tests/badges

2023-10-24

  • Visualization Page is live now
  • gcamfaostat moved to the JGCRI GitHub account

FAOSTAT Commodity Balance (CB) updates

2023-09-25 * Good news: It seems FAOSTAT just made the updated Commodity Balance (CB) dataset available. Previously, it only includes data up to 2013, i.e., consistent with FBSH. It is now adding a new dataset that include data from 2010-2020, consistent with FBH. * However: + The update history on FAOSTAT might not be the history of data availability. It says last update was 2022-12-23. But per 2023-08-20 archive, the data was still not available. + Bulk download seems not enabled yet. + Dataset code will likely change. CB seems reserved for the new data and the old one might be CBH. * Stay tuned.

Goals for the next version include:

2023-09-25

  • Improve the documentation and the visualization of the module_aglu_L100.FAO_SUA_PrimaryEquivalent module
    • The module developed a new method of primary commodity equivalent aggregation to aggregate supply-utilization-accounting (SUA) data for items along the supply chain (e.g., wheat flour, bran, and germ to wheat-primary-equivalent).
    • The method preserves balance across space (trade balance), time (storage carryover), supply-utilization, and the combination of these dimensions with minimal adjustments.
    • We have applies the new method of primary equivalent aggregation to aggregating FAO ~500 SUA (SCL) items to ~100 primary equivalent items in FAO Food Balance Sheet (FBS).
  • Compare the results from the new primary commodity equivalent method with the FBS data compiled using FAOSTAT method (never disclosed).

Raw data archive 2023

2023-08-19

The source data downloaded from FAOSTAT is archived at a Zenodo repository.