Long-term crop yields, cultivation areas and total arable land in Germany at NUTS 3 level

Abstract:
The dataset compiles official long-term yield statistics with cultivated areas (1977-2020) of four major crops in Germany: winter wheat, winter barley, silage maize, winter canola. Spatial aggregation represents the EU NUTS 3 level, which corresponds to districts in Germany. We used the district geometry of Germany in 2011.

Methods:
Data from 122 official sources were merged to build up one comprehensive data set. In case of changes in the administrative geometries annual yield data were transformed to the 2011 district outlines by GIS intersection of old with NUTS 3 geometries (2011) and subsequent area-weighting.