HarvestStat Africa – Harmonized subnational crop statistics for Sub-Saharan Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa faces severe agricultural data scarcity amidst high food insecurity and a large agricultural yield gap, making crop production data crucial for understanding and enhancing food systems. To address this gap, HarvestStat Africa presents the largest compilation of open-access subnati...

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Autores principales: Lee, Donghoon, Anderson, Weston, Chen, Xuan, Davenport, Frank, Shukla, Shraddhanand, Sahajpal, Ritvik, Budde, Michael, Rowland, James, Verdin, Jim, You, Liangzhi, Ahouangbenon, Matthieu, Davis, Kyle Frankel, Kebede, Endalkachew, Ehrmann, Steffen, Justice, Christina, Meyer, Carsten
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Springer 2025
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/177139
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author Lee, Donghoon
Anderson, Weston
Chen, Xuan
Davenport, Frank
Shukla, Shraddhanand
Sahajpal, Ritvik
Budde, Michael
Rowland, James
Verdin, Jim
You, Liangzhi
Ahouangbenon, Matthieu
Davis, Kyle Frankel
Kebede, Endalkachew
Ehrmann, Steffen
Justice, Christina
Meyer, Carsten
author_browse Ahouangbenon, Matthieu
Anderson, Weston
Budde, Michael
Chen, Xuan
Davenport, Frank
Davis, Kyle Frankel
Ehrmann, Steffen
Justice, Christina
Kebede, Endalkachew
Lee, Donghoon
Meyer, Carsten
Rowland, James
Sahajpal, Ritvik
Shukla, Shraddhanand
Verdin, Jim
You, Liangzhi
author_facet Lee, Donghoon
Anderson, Weston
Chen, Xuan
Davenport, Frank
Shukla, Shraddhanand
Sahajpal, Ritvik
Budde, Michael
Rowland, James
Verdin, Jim
You, Liangzhi
Ahouangbenon, Matthieu
Davis, Kyle Frankel
Kebede, Endalkachew
Ehrmann, Steffen
Justice, Christina
Meyer, Carsten
author_sort Lee, Donghoon
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description Sub-Saharan Africa faces severe agricultural data scarcity amidst high food insecurity and a large agricultural yield gap, making crop production data crucial for understanding and enhancing food systems. To address this gap, HarvestStat Africa presents the largest compilation of open-access subnational crop statistics and time-series across Sub-Saharan Africa. Based on agricultural statistics collated by USAID’s Famine Early Warning Systems Network, the subnational crop statistics are standardized and calibrated across changing administrative units to produce consistent and continuous time-series. The dataset includes 574,204 records, primarily spanning from 1980 to 2022, detailing quantity produced, harvested areas, and yields for 33 countries and 94 crop types, including key cereals in Sub-Saharan Africa such as wheat, maize, rice, sorghum, barley, millet, and fonio. This new dataset enhances our understanding of how climate variability and change influence agricultural production, supports subnational food system analysis, and aids in operational yield forecasting. As an open-source resource, it establishes a precedent for sharing subnational crop statistics to inform decision-making and modeling efforts.
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spelling CGSpace1771392025-12-08T09:54:28Z HarvestStat Africa – Harmonized subnational crop statistics for Sub-Saharan Africa Lee, Donghoon Anderson, Weston Chen, Xuan Davenport, Frank Shukla, Shraddhanand Sahajpal, Ritvik Budde, Michael Rowland, James Verdin, Jim You, Liangzhi Ahouangbenon, Matthieu Davis, Kyle Frankel Kebede, Endalkachew Ehrmann, Steffen Justice, Christina Meyer, Carsten agriculture crop production data food insecurity Sub-Saharan Africa faces severe agricultural data scarcity amidst high food insecurity and a large agricultural yield gap, making crop production data crucial for understanding and enhancing food systems. To address this gap, HarvestStat Africa presents the largest compilation of open-access subnational crop statistics and time-series across Sub-Saharan Africa. Based on agricultural statistics collated by USAID’s Famine Early Warning Systems Network, the subnational crop statistics are standardized and calibrated across changing administrative units to produce consistent and continuous time-series. The dataset includes 574,204 records, primarily spanning from 1980 to 2022, detailing quantity produced, harvested areas, and yields for 33 countries and 94 crop types, including key cereals in Sub-Saharan Africa such as wheat, maize, rice, sorghum, barley, millet, and fonio. This new dataset enhances our understanding of how climate variability and change influence agricultural production, supports subnational food system analysis, and aids in operational yield forecasting. As an open-source resource, it establishes a precedent for sharing subnational crop statistics to inform decision-making and modeling efforts. 2025-04 2025-10-15T20:34:49Z 2025-10-15T20:34:49Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/177139 en Open Access Springer Lee, Donghoon; Anderson, Weston; Chen, Xuan; Davenport, Frank; Shukla, Shraddhanand; Sahajpal, Ritvik; et al. 2025. HarvestStat Africa – Harmonized subnational crop statistics for Sub-Saharan Africa. Scientific Data 12: 690. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-05001-z
spellingShingle agriculture
crop production
data
food insecurity
Lee, Donghoon
Anderson, Weston
Chen, Xuan
Davenport, Frank
Shukla, Shraddhanand
Sahajpal, Ritvik
Budde, Michael
Rowland, James
Verdin, Jim
You, Liangzhi
Ahouangbenon, Matthieu
Davis, Kyle Frankel
Kebede, Endalkachew
Ehrmann, Steffen
Justice, Christina
Meyer, Carsten
HarvestStat Africa – Harmonized subnational crop statistics for Sub-Saharan Africa
title HarvestStat Africa – Harmonized subnational crop statistics for Sub-Saharan Africa
title_full HarvestStat Africa – Harmonized subnational crop statistics for Sub-Saharan Africa
title_fullStr HarvestStat Africa – Harmonized subnational crop statistics for Sub-Saharan Africa
title_full_unstemmed HarvestStat Africa – Harmonized subnational crop statistics for Sub-Saharan Africa
title_short HarvestStat Africa – Harmonized subnational crop statistics for Sub-Saharan Africa
title_sort harveststat africa harmonized subnational crop statistics for sub saharan africa
topic agriculture
crop production
data
food insecurity
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/177139
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