"Zhonghua da dian" shi yi bu da xing lei shu, an lei bie shou lu 1911 nian yi qian de Zhongguo gu ji zhong xiang guan cai liao. "Nong ye zai hai fen dian" shi "Zhonghua da dian, nong ye dian" de fen dian zhi yi, qi nei rong yi ji lu nong ye zai hai shi liao wei zhu, jian ji li dai jiu huang shi liao, zheng ce, zai huang li lun deng. Tong yi cai yong jing wei mu xiang jiao zhi de kuang jia jie gou.
"中华大典"是一部大型类书, 按类别收录1911年以前的中国古籍中相关材料. "农业灾害分典"是"中华大典,农业典"的分典之一, 其内容以辑录农业灾害史料为主, 兼及历代救荒史料,政策,灾荒理论等. 统一采用经纬目相交织的框架结构.