the World Bank puts the food and agriculture sector at 10% of global gross domestic product, which, taking the bank’s 2006 estimate of about $48 trillion, would make the sector worth about $4.8 trillion.
Yes, data is reliable for predicting the future because if you think about weather forecasts they use a huge chart of data to help foresee what the weather will be for the day after, the week after, and etc. This is only one of the examples for data being reliable. Especially if it's fastdata, actionable data, and so on.
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