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 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 (metric tonnes; mt), harvested areas (hectares; ha), and yields (metric tonnes per hectare; mt/ha) 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 h..., , , # HarvestStat Africa – Harmonized Subnational Crop Statistics for Sub-Saharan Africa

**Authors:**
D. Lee, W. Anderson, X. Chen, F. Davenport, S. Shukla, R. Sahajpal, M. Budde, J. Rowland, J. Verdin, L. You, M. Ahouangbenon, K. Davis, E. Kebede, S. Ehrmann, C. Justice, and C. Meyer

**Publication:**
*Scientific Data* (in revision); preprint available at [EarthArXiv](https://eartharxiv.org/repository/view/7663/).

## Author Information

**Donghoon Lee**
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada\
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**Weston Anderson**
Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA
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**Xuan Chen**
Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA
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**Frank Davenport**
Climate Hazards Center, Department of...,