Farmers' Views on Government Crop Insurance Schemes in Pakistan

Survey data on respondents' views about the government's role in crop insurance schemes, organized by district. The dataset was authored by Muhammad Khan and last updated on March 18, 2026. It is a 9.5 KB Excel file released under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Analyze public opinion on government intervention in agriculture based on survey responses.
• Model factors influencing insurance scheme adoption based on descriptive findings.
• Compare policy effectiveness across different districts based on localized data.
• Assess the role of informal credit networks versus formal insurance based on survey insights.

Strengths

• Dataset is openly licensed (CC-BY-4.0).
• File size is small (9.5 KB), facilitating quick download and inspection.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Muhammad Khan

Collection Method

Primary survey data, as indicated by platform tags.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-18 17:33:53; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Pakistan, specifically Punjab province, as indicated by platform tags.