BurkinaFarms {dsfa}R Documentation

BurkinaFarms

Description

Dataset of the Center for Environmental Economics and Policy in Africa (CEEPA), University of Pretoria. It contains information on the production of millet and sorghum in Burkina Faso.

Usage

BurkinaFarms

Format

BurkinaFarms is a data frame with 560 rows and 20 columns:

hhcode

Respondent Households’ identification number

farmtype

Type of Farm Entity:
'1' = small-scale
'2' = medium-scale
'3' = large-scale

incfarm

Income of farmers

educ1

education of household head in number of years

adm1

Province/Region

material

Light and heavy machinery as well as farm animal power multiplied with their price

qharv_millet

Quantity of millet harvested in kg

lost_millet

Quantity of millet lost due to disease and pests in kg

seed_millet

Amount of seeds used for the production of millet in kg

land_millet

Amount of land used for the production of millet in ha

labour_millet

Total estimated number of workdays for the production of millet. One day corresponds to 6-8 hours of work completed by one individual. Household labor and hired labor are accumulated

fert_millet

Amount of fertilizer used for the production of millet in kg

pest_millet

Amount of pesticides used for the production of millet in kg

qharv_sorghum

Quantity of sorghum harvested in kg

lost_sorghum

Quantity of sorghum lost due to disease and pests in kg

seed_sorghum

Amount of seeds used for the production of sorghum in kg

land_sorghum

Amount of land used for the production of sorghum in ha

labour_sorghum

Total estimated number of workdays for the production of sorghum. One day corresponds to 6-8 hours of work completed by one individual. Household labor and hired labor are accumulated

fert_sorghum

Amount of fertilizer used for the production of sorghum in kg

pest_sorghum

Amount of pesticides used for the production of sorghum in kg

Details

This is a subset of the data which contains data only from Burkina Faso for the outputs sorghum and millet.

Source

<https://figshare.com/collections/An_agricultural_survey_for_more_than_9_500_African_households/1574094>

References

Waha K, Zipf B, Kurukulasuriya P, Hassan RM (2016). “An agricultural survey for more than 9,500 African households.” Scientific data, 3(1), 1–8.


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