Ground Truthing Survey Data of Crop Type in Pakistan (Rabi 2022‒Kharif 2023)

The dataset comprises ground truthing survey data collected during the winter (Rabi) season of 2022–23 and the summer (Kharif) season of 2023 in Pakistan. These surveys were conducted as part of the Asian Development Bank's (ADB) initiative to support Pakistan's Ministry of National Food Security and Research (MNFSR) and provincial Crop Reporting Service (CRS) departments in adopting technology-based data collection practices. There were 43,892 data points collected during the winter (Rabi) season and 92,951 during the summer (Kharif) season. The data collected is available in the below-mentioned format. Variable Name Description Data Type Example Values ID Unique identifier for each data point Text 3-324-20-2-19082023-1-1 Season Season in which data was collected Text Rabi Province Name of the province where data was collected Categorical Khyber Pakhtunkhwa District Name of the district where data was collected Categorical Malakand Date Date showing when the data was collected Date 19/08/2023 Latitude Latitude coordinate of the data point Float 34.449521 Longitude Longitude coordinate of the data point Float 71.907877 Code Numeric code representing specific crop (e.g. Wheat is given code 1) Integer 14 Land Type of land Categorical Rice, Intercropping Description Detail of land type Categorical Orchard (Apple) Stage Stage of crop at the time of data collection Categorical Reproductive