Sustainable Agricultural Practices and Food Self-Sufficiency in Northern Ghana, 2019-2024

Panel data from farm household surveys conducted between the 2019/2020 and 2023/2024 agricultural seasons in northern Ghana, complemented by geospatial climate data. The dataset, authored by Abdul-Hanan Abdallah and shared under CC-BY-4.0, examines the impact of sustainable practices on food self-sufficiency measured in maize equivalent kilograms.

Use Cases

• Modeling the impact of sustainable agricultural practices on food self-sufficiency based on household survey data.
• Analyzing regional heterogeneity in treatment effects across northern Ghana based on the study's findings.
• Investigating the relationship between climate variability and farm household outcomes using the described geospatial data.
• Assessing selection bias in agricultural intervention studies using the described multinomial models.

Strengths

• Data spans multiple agricultural seasons from 2019/2020 to 2023/2024, providing a panel structure.
• Analysis applies Multinomial Propensity Score and Multinomial Endogenous Treatment models to address selection bias.
• Food self-sufficiency is measured in a standardized unit (kilogram of maize equivalent).

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is very small at 4.4 KB, suggesting limited raw data or a summary document.

Provenance

Source

Abdul-Hanan Abdallah via figshare.

Collection Method

Farm household surveys complemented by geospatial data on climate, rainfall, and infrastructure.

Time Range

2019/2020 to 2023/2024 agricultural seasons.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-14 05:11:01; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Northern Ghana.