Leaving no food to waste: Investigating the drivers and scalable solutions to postharvest food loss in sub-Saharan Africa

This dataset was collected in the Upper West Region of Ghana as part of the study titled “Food, Climate, and the Mind: Food (In)security and Climate Resilience as Social Determinants of Mental Health.” It includes data on sociodemographic characteristics, socio-economic status, household food security, self rated mental and physical health, resilience, and postharvest food loss among smallholder farmers. The data is anonymized and shared in CSV format, accompanied by a README and variable description file. This dataset supports research on food systems, mental health, and climate resilience in sub-Saharan Africa.