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