Notes
The mkt_name variable represents the name of the market associated with each price data point in the dataset. This field provides a clear, textual identifier for each market location, offering a more intuitive and user-friendly way to reference and distinguish between different markets. The market name is crucial for qualitative analysis and for users familiar with regional market names, facilitating easy identification and comparison of market-specific trends and patterns. Market names follow their appearance in the underlying data bases from the World Food Program, FAO and HDX and may be further simplified for better machine readability. As such, these names may differ from official names. When analyzing market price data, geo_id helps in correlating price information with specific, named market locations, enhancing the contextual understanding of the data. Note that market names may change over time, market names may be shared between multiple geographic locations, and that multiple markets may share similar coordinates, while the geo_id is unique for each location.