Weekly Viz 2021-03-15
Top Five Crops by Production
About Makeover Monday
MakeoverMonday is a social data project: “Each week we post a link to a chart, and its data, and then you rework the chart. Maybe you retell the story more effectively, or find a new story in the data. We’re curious to see the different approaches you all take. Whether it’s a simple bar chart or an elaborate infographic, we encourage everyone of all skills to partake. Together we can have broader conversations about and with data.”
Starting from Jan 08, 2018, I decided to put aside one hour on Monday weekly to create some visualization and find some insights from the data.
The datasets are published each week at: MakeoverMonday Datasets.
Makeover Monday 20210315
This week we are looking at an argricultural dataset. The original viz shows the top crops by area harvested, yields, production and revenue. I really like this viz as the gridlines really help to undertand the scale and compare across different crops.
My Visualization
When I was playing with different ways to visualize the data, I came across this modified bump chart look, and decided to go with it… (looks somewhat like rainbow) You can hover on the lines to highlight a specific type of crop.
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Please notice that all the visualizations are designed for desktop view, so it is recommended to view them on a desktop device.
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Insights
- Cassava is the top produced crop in Africa, but it does not show up in top 5 in any other areas;
- Crops used to produce sugar (sugar cane and sugar beet) are always among top 2 in all areas, though Europe relies on sugar beet while all other continents plant more sugar cane;
- Soybean production has more than 10x since 1960s, and went up from 5th to 3rd by production in Americas.
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