calculateFood: Calculate Food

In SWS-Methodology/faoswsFood: Package to perform the computation of food consumption FAO food balance sheets

Calculate Food

Description

Calculate Food

Usage

calculateFood(food, elas, gdp_pc, functionalForm, pop, referenceYear, dt)

Arguments

food	The food consumption at time t.
elas	The elasticity of the commodity. This will vary by country and commodity.
gdp_pc	Per person GDP (gross domestic product) at time t.
functionalForm	Currently one of 0, 1, 2, or 3. Specifies if a log-log, semi-log, or inverse-log food demand model should be used.
pop	Population at time t.
referenceYear	Year of reference to compute the food estimates.
dt	Table in data.table format
trend_factor	Changes due to income and other factors.

Value

A numeric vector of the estimated food consumption.

SWS-Methodology/faoswsFood documentation built on April 6, 2022, 1:37 p.m.