This polygon shapefile represents the number of commercial farms by activity in the seven emirates of the United Arab Emirates for 2012-2014. Commercial farm activities include cattle, layer, and broiler farms. The original dataset was collected by the UAE government and hosted on Bayanat.ae. It was joined to the UAE administrative district level 1 boundaries from the Global Administrative Areas database by Taylor Hixson in 2018. This dataset is only to be used for academic purposes.