Farmer Socio-Demographics and Pesticide Use History

A 9.5 KB Excel file containing data on farmer socio-demographic characteristics and pesticide use history. The dataset was authored by Shade J. Akinsete and last updated on April 30, 2026. It is licensed under CC-BY-4.0 and hosted on figshare.

Use Cases

• Correlating pesticide application patterns with farmer age and education based on socio-demographic variables.
• Analyzing trends in chemical usage over time based on the history of pesticide use.
• Profiling agricultural communities for policy or intervention planning based on collected farmer characteristics.

Strengths

• Dataset is small (9.5 KB), facilitating quick download and initial exploration.
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license, allowing for broad reuse and adaptation.

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

figshare, author Shade J. Akinsete.

Collection Method

Likely collected via survey or interview, as suggested by the description of farmer characteristics.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-30 17:24:47; freshness should be verified.

Geography

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