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license: mit
task_categories:
  - time-series-forecasting
tags:
  - nigeria
  - agriculture
  - food-systems
  - synthetic
  - weather-and-climate
size_categories:
  - 100K<n<1M
data_type: synthetic

⚠️ Synthetic dataset — Parameterized from published SSA literature, not real observations. Not suitable for empirical analysis or policy inference.

Nigeria Agriculture – Farm Weather Stations

Dataset Description

Daily weather: temp, rainfall, humidity, wind, solar radiation.

Category: Weather & Climate
Rows: 150,000
Format: CSV, Parquet
License: MIT
Synthetic: Yes (generated using reference data from FAO, NBS, NiMet, FMARD)

Dataset Structure

Schema

  • state: string
  • date: string
  • temp_c: float
  • rainfall_mm: float
  • humidity_pct: float
  • wind_kmh: float
  • solar_mj_m2: float

Sample Data

| state   | date       |   temp_c |   rainfall_mm |   humidity_pct |   wind_kmh |   solar_mj_m2 |
|:--------|:-----------|---------:|--------------:|---------------:|-----------:|--------------:|
| Rivers  | 2022-09-26 |     24.9 |           9.5 |           92   |       12.2 |          16.7 |
| Ondo    | 2022-08-05 |     24.5 |          15.8 |           61.2 |        3.6 |          20.5 |
| Yobe    | 2023-10-30 |     29.2 |           2.1 |           80.4 |        1.7 |          23.1 |
| Oyo     | 2023-03-26 |     27.6 |           1.2 |           60   |        3.4 |          17.9 |
| Ebonyi  | 2024-08-09 |     27.9 |           1.8 |           66.8 |        9.7 |          19.5 |

Data Generation Methodology

This dataset was synthetically generated using:

  1. Reference Sources:

    • FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization) - crop yields, production data
    • NBS (National Bureau of Statistics, Nigeria) - farm characteristics, surveys
    • NiMet (Nigerian Meteorological Agency) - weather patterns
    • FMARD (Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development) - extension guides
    • IITA (International Institute of Tropical Agriculture) - agronomic research
  2. Domain Constraints:

    • Crop calendars and phenology (planting/harvest windows)
    • Agro-ecological zone characteristics (Sahel, Sudan Savanna, Guinea Savanna, Rainforest)
    • Nigeria-specific realities (smallholder dominance, market dynamics, conflict zones)
    • Statistical distributions matching national agricultural patterns
  3. Quality Assurance:

    • Distribution testing (KS test, chi-square)
    • Correlation validation (rainfall-yield, fertilizer-yield, yield-price)
    • Causal consistency (DAG-based generation)
    • Multi-scale coherence (farm → state aggregations)
    • Ethical considerations (representative, unbiased)

See QUALITY_ASSURANCE.md in the repository for full methodology.

Use Cases

  • Machine Learning: Yield prediction, price forecasting, pest detection, supply chain optimization
  • Policy Analysis: Agricultural program evaluation, subsidy impact assessment, food security planning
  • Research: Climate-agriculture interactions, market dynamics, technology adoption patterns
  • Education: Teaching agricultural economics, data science applications in agriculture

Limitations

  • Synthetic data: While grounded in real distributions, individual records are not real observations
  • Simplified dynamics: Some complex interactions (e.g., multi-generational pest populations) are simplified
  • Temporal scope: Covers 2022-2025; may not reflect longer-term trends or future climate scenarios
  • Spatial resolution: State/LGA level; does not capture micro-level heterogeneity within localities

Citation

If you use this dataset, please cite:

@dataset{nigeria_agriculture_2025,
  title = {Nigeria Agriculture – Farm Weather Stations},
  author = {Electric Sheep Africa},
  year = {2025},
  publisher = {Hugging Face},
  url = {https://huggingface.co/datasets/electricsheepafrica/nigerian_agriculture_farm_weather_stations}
}

Related Datasets

This dataset is part of the Nigeria Agriculture & Food Systems collection:

Contact

For questions, feedback, or collaboration:

Changelog

Version 1.0.0 (October 2025)

  • Initial release
  • 150,000 synthetic records
  • Quality-assured using FAO/NBS/NiMet reference data