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Abia
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Gombe
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Akwa Ibom
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Delta
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Zamfara
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Abia
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251
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Kogi
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143
301
1,079.3
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Abia
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257
1,918.4
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Yobe
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287
459.9
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Katsina
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134
253
766.6
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Kano
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114
299
883.7
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Kogi
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104
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1,365.7
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Kebbi
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309
685.6
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Lagos
2,024
101
262
1,587.6
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Benue
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148
303
1,244.5
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Kano
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119
302
675.3
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Niger
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136
258
1,193.3
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Kano
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134
271
953.5
10
Ogun
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258
2,293.9
6
Zamfara
2,022
120
288
638.5
8
Sokoto
2,022
99
289
755.9
9
Adamawa
2,025
105
279
1,397.5
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Abia
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149
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1,771.3
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Kaduna
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1,312
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Katsina
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125
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906.5
11
Enugu
2,022
140
290
1,806.4
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Lagos
2,025
140
289
2,427.2
9
Adamawa
2,025
116
298
1,141
5
Bauchi
2,024
148
306
1,237.4
11
Plateau
2,023
106
291
1,061.8
7
Abia
2,022
109
300
2,121.5
12
Rivers
2,023
104
297
2,179.5
6
Benue
2,025
146
281
1,302.3
7
Ebonyi
2,023
106
305
2,265.5
9
Kaduna
2,022
125
290
1,042.2
11
Plateau
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140
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1,028.5
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133
283
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Borno
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123
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Benue
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119
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Adamawa
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Oyo
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119
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149
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Edo
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136
253
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Nasarawa
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130
279
1,412.5
11
Kano
2,023
137
268
787.1
7
Borno
2,023
116
289
452
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Cross River
2,024
97
263
1,619.1
10
Lagos
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146
256
2,066.7
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Imo
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128
280
1,606.6
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Ondo
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Borno
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272
442.2
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Imo
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Abia
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Rivers
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129
304
2,087.4
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Anambra
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149
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Ogun
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138
272
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Katsina
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266
805.6
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Kebbi
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97
281
860.5
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Sokoto
2,023
120
269
985.6
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Ondo
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Lagos
2,022
138
256
2,396.8
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Imo
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148
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1,509
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Kano
2,023
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689.1
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Benue
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133
266
1,117.6
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Ekiti
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119
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Lagos
2,022
134
254
1,665.4
6
Enugu
2,023
131
256
2,190.8
9
Ondo
2,025
124
262
1,707.6
8
Gombe
2,023
99
279
1,244.5
7
Zamfara
2,023
103
276
736.4
6
Kogi
2,023
144
258
1,166.7
7
Kwara
2,023
107
266
1,373.8
7
Anambra
2,025
147
254
2,437.3
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Jigawa
2,024
100
294
301
5
Kogi
2,023
107
268
1,215.1
5
Taraba
2,024
125
276
1,126.1
9
Imo
2,025
110
275
2,100.9
12
Bauchi
2,022
117
289
1,132.4
9
Taraba
2,022
138
307
1,257.6
8
Gombe
2,023
100
274
1,035.7
10
Ogun
2,025
142
264
2,053.3
5
FCT
2,024
111
284
1,133.8
9
Gombe
2,025
141
282
1,179.5
7
Rivers
2,023
119
305
2,364.5
12
Niger
2,024
147
267
1,002.9
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Cross River
2,023
95
276
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Benue
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116
265
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9
Kebbi
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93
266
858.7
7
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⚠️ Synthetic dataset — Parameterized from published SSA literature, not real observations. Not suitable for empirical analysis or policy inference.

Nigeria Agriculture – Seasonal Rainfall Patterns

Dataset Description

Annual rainfall onset, cessation, total, dry spells by state.

Category: Weather & Climate
Rows: 500
Format: CSV, Parquet
License: MIT
Synthetic: Yes (generated using reference data from FAO, NBS, NiMet, FMARD)

Dataset Structure

Schema

  • state: string
  • year: integer
  • onset_day_of_year: integer
  • cessation_day_of_year: integer
  • total_rainfall_mm: float
  • dry_spell_days: integer

Sample Data 

| state       |   year |   onset_day_of_year |   cessation_day_of_year |   total_rainfall_mm |   dry_spell_days |
|:------------|-------:|--------------------:|------------------------:|--------------------:|-----------------:|
| Kano        |   2024 |                 101 |                     266 |               896.9 |                7 |
| Cross River |   2022 |                 129 |                     256 |              2435.7 |               10 |
| Osun        |   2023 |                 102 |                     261 |              2224.5 |                8 |
| Ondo        |   2023 |                 123 |                     283 |              2132.1 |                7 |
| Abia        |   2025 |                 119 |                     301 |              2361.5 |                7 |

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 – Seasonal Rainfall Patterns},
  author = {Electric Sheep Africa},
  year = {2025},
  publisher = {Hugging Face},
  url = {https://huggingface.co/datasets/electricsheepafrica/nigerian_agriculture_seasonal_rainfall_patterns}
}

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Changelog

Version 1.0.0 (October 2025)

  • Initial release
  • 500 synthetic records
  • Quality-assured using FAO/NBS/NiMet reference data
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