Hello everyone 👋

Hope your competition is going well so far!

I know it’s a bit late, but better late than never 😄 : I’m sharing a public repo that contains a small external-data downloader pipeline I built to help automate collecting extra datasets for this challenge. I planned to use it in my own solution, but unfortunately I didn’t have enough time to fully focus on the competition.

Repo: https://github.com/Moujoudix/agriBORA-external-data-downloader

What it can download

• KAMIS market prices
• WFP/HDX (CKAN) food price data
• NASA POWER daily weather variables
• World Bank WDI indicators
• UN Comtrade trade data
• Kenya Open Data (Socrata) datasets
• GeoBoundaries admin boundaries
• ERA5 via CDS (requires credentials)
• Plus URL-list based downloads (e.g., ESA CCI SM / SPEI links)

If this helps you save time or gives you a quick starting point, I’m happy.

We’re in the final stretch of this one-month race - stay focused, keep pushing, and don’t lose hope. You’ve got this 💪