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10
5k
price_ngn_kg
float64
1.52
1.66k
date
stringdate
2022-01-01 00:00:00
2025-03-30 00:00:00
state
stringclasses
37 values
aquaculture
carp
275.8
401.75
2023-04-05
Bauchi
wild_catch
carp
154
711.52
2025-01-12
Ebonyi
wild_catch
tilapia
432.7
752.11
2024-09-07
Ebonyi
wild_catch
shrimp
397.7
757.15
2023-08-14
Kebbi
aquaculture
tilapia
10.9
933.88
2022-08-13
Plateau
aquaculture
carp
10
833.11
2022-10-11
Niger
aquaculture
shrimp
16.8
509.32
2023-09-03
Zamfara
aquaculture
carp
192.9
531.94
2023-09-22
Ogun
aquaculture
catfish
171.4
862.79
2024-11-12
Kano
wild_catch
tilapia
201.9
611.35
2022-05-04
Katsina
aquaculture
carp
13.4
752.85
2023-08-14
Lagos
aquaculture
tilapia
150.8
548.75
2024-11-26
Ondo
aquaculture
shrimp
348.2
952.58
2023-11-09
Gombe
wild_catch
tilapia
585.2
874.67
2024-06-23
Delta
aquaculture
shrimp
94.8
828.07
2024-02-20
Niger
aquaculture
catfish
88.7
784.02
2023-12-04
FCT
wild_catch
catfish
306.6
360.05
2024-01-03
Enugu
wild_catch
carp
10
893.39
2024-02-03
Benue
wild_catch
shrimp
85.5
816.04
2023-08-22
Delta
aquaculture
shrimp
1,929.9
740.82
2023-01-07
Lagos
aquaculture
carp
91.3
973.74
2023-11-04
Delta
aquaculture
shrimp
223.6
837.62
2025-02-13
Ebonyi
aquaculture
shrimp
204.9
981.98
2022-05-27
FCT
aquaculture
catfish
188.7
861.81
2022-01-05
Katsina
wild_catch
carp
31.7
736.62
2022-12-27
Jigawa
aquaculture
tilapia
99.1
789.6
2022-08-13
Nasarawa
aquaculture
shrimp
128.2
835.06
2023-06-19
Cross River
aquaculture
shrimp
122
807.56
2022-06-02
Kogi
aquaculture
tilapia
97
1,066.5
2025-03-07
Cross River
wild_catch
catfish
50.3
444.24
2022-07-07
Delta
aquaculture
shrimp
67.7
1,012.79
2023-06-12
Plateau
aquaculture
carp
11.6
753.95
2024-12-15
FCT
aquaculture
tilapia
86
698.99
2024-09-30
Kwara
wild_catch
tilapia
24.5
603.91
2024-04-12
Bauchi
aquaculture
shrimp
188.4
989.1
2023-05-29
FCT
wild_catch
catfish
722.5
890.64
2023-04-26
Bayelsa
wild_catch
shrimp
43.4
837.55
2025-02-28
Borno
aquaculture
tilapia
289.2
533.03
2024-08-20
Jigawa
aquaculture
shrimp
62.2
976.31
2022-10-27
Ekiti
aquaculture
tilapia
210.8
939.11
2022-11-20
Edo
aquaculture
tilapia
140.5
721.99
2022-03-31
Nasarawa
aquaculture
shrimp
477.5
738.92
2022-11-21
Lagos
wild_catch
catfish
102.6
1,016.39
2024-09-20
Borno
aquaculture
catfish
193.2
537.18
2022-04-15
Ondo
aquaculture
catfish
154.3
1,145.66
2022-08-03
Kano
aquaculture
carp
57.4
917.53
2024-01-31
Gombe
aquaculture
tilapia
112.3
955.69
2024-10-27
FCT
aquaculture
catfish
382.5
602.83
2022-02-13
Kano
aquaculture
catfish
39.2
1,108.88
2024-04-17
Plateau
aquaculture
catfish
30.2
710.3
2023-12-22
Gombe
aquaculture
tilapia
1,513.2
824.08
2024-01-11
Bayelsa
aquaculture
carp
61.8
671.05
2023-05-26
Zamfara
aquaculture
catfish
284.5
541.16
2023-02-23
Plateau
aquaculture
tilapia
86.4
523.33
2022-04-19
Osun
wild_catch
catfish
21.6
742.98
2022-04-02
Cross River
wild_catch
tilapia
911.6
877.9
2023-07-29
Kwara
aquaculture
shrimp
38.6
933.7
2022-05-22
Kaduna
aquaculture
tilapia
396
752.1
2024-03-08
Plateau
aquaculture
shrimp
123.5
680.11
2023-02-28
Bayelsa
aquaculture
shrimp
339.4
829.96
2023-06-21
Oyo
aquaculture
catfish
89.1
965.59
2023-12-29
Benue
wild_catch
tilapia
1,053.1
540.17
2022-02-27
Ondo
aquaculture
shrimp
44.1
788.94
2023-12-30
Kwara
wild_catch
tilapia
332.6
709.95
2022-08-16
Plateau
wild_catch
carp
38.2
709.68
2024-02-12
Bauchi
wild_catch
catfish
14.7
1,043.54
2022-06-04
Delta
aquaculture
tilapia
158
926.44
2024-01-31
Oyo
wild_catch
catfish
85.5
680.93
2023-09-29
Kogi
wild_catch
catfish
220.4
883.34
2024-08-08
Ondo
wild_catch
tilapia
23.5
925.36
2022-04-06
Adamawa
aquaculture
shrimp
145.3
575.66
2024-03-02
Borno
aquaculture
carp
12.1
870.21
2023-03-28
Rivers
wild_catch
tilapia
10
647.62
2022-12-08
Anambra
aquaculture
tilapia
28.8
966.09
2023-09-18
Katsina
wild_catch
catfish
24
1,120.89
2024-09-12
Lagos
wild_catch
carp
13
622.66
2024-12-16
Kebbi
aquaculture
tilapia
55
696.92
2022-02-10
Imo
aquaculture
catfish
117.5
809.21
2024-05-27
Abia
aquaculture
carp
65.2
439.05
2022-12-10
Osun
wild_catch
shrimp
44.7
1,073.61
2024-02-07
FCT
aquaculture
catfish
669.1
1,052.46
2024-07-05
Katsina
aquaculture
catfish
83
699.92
2022-01-14
Gombe
aquaculture
shrimp
13
695.47
2024-01-10
Katsina
aquaculture
shrimp
600.3
631.09
2023-04-02
Bayelsa
aquaculture
tilapia
1,198.3
851.41
2022-02-12
Kano
aquaculture
catfish
22.4
721.18
2024-01-04
Kogi
wild_catch
shrimp
517.2
613.86
2022-12-31
Benue
wild_catch
carp
916.8
646.98
2022-03-28
Oyo
aquaculture
shrimp
62.4
626.44
2023-10-10
Adamawa
aquaculture
carp
48.7
870.24
2024-07-09
Adamawa
wild_catch
shrimp
109.6
854
2023-12-18
Adamawa
wild_catch
tilapia
78.5
587.94
2022-10-16
Katsina
wild_catch
tilapia
15
1,010.91
2024-07-06
Bayelsa
wild_catch
catfish
13.2
755.03
2024-10-28
Bayelsa
wild_catch
shrimp
16.4
898.26
2023-01-21
Abia
aquaculture
carp
152.7
848.09
2024-10-04
Oyo
aquaculture
carp
118.2
882.17
2024-07-12
Bauchi
wild_catch
catfish
25.5
743.12
2023-04-30
Osun
wild_catch
shrimp
240
786.25
2024-12-29
Jigawa
wild_catch
catfish
151.7
914.23
2024-11-10
Osun
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Nigeria Agriculture – Fisheries & Aquaculture

Dataset Description

Fish catch/harvest by species, source, volume, price.

Category: Livestock & Fisheries
Rows: 90,000
Format: CSV, Parquet
License: MIT
Synthetic: Yes (generated using reference data from FAO, NBS, NiMet, FMARD)

Dataset Structure

Schema

  • source: string
  • species: string
  • catch_kg: float
  • price_ngn_kg: float
  • date: string
  • state: string

Sample Data

| source      | species   |   catch_kg |   price_ngn_kg | date       | state   |
|:------------|:----------|-----------:|---------------:|:-----------|:--------|
| aquaculture | carp      |      275.8 |         401.75 | 2023-04-05 | Bauchi  |
| wild_catch  | carp      |      154   |         711.52 | 2025-01-12 | Ebonyi  |
| wild_catch  | tilapia   |      432.7 |         752.11 | 2024-09-07 | Ebonyi  |
| wild_catch  | shrimp    |      397.7 |         757.15 | 2023-08-14 | Kebbi   |
| aquaculture | tilapia   |       10.9 |         933.88 | 2022-08-13 | Plateau |

Data Generation Methodology

This dataset was synthetically generated using:

  1. Reference Sources:

    • FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization) - crop yields, production data
    • NBS (National Bureau of Statistics, Nigeria) - farm characteristics, surveys
    • NiMet (Nigerian Meteorological Agency) - weather patterns
    • FMARD (Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development) - extension guides
    • IITA (International Institute of Tropical Agriculture) - agronomic research
  2. Domain Constraints:

    • Crop calendars and phenology (planting/harvest windows)
    • Agro-ecological zone characteristics (Sahel, Sudan Savanna, Guinea Savanna, Rainforest)
    • Nigeria-specific realities (smallholder dominance, market dynamics, conflict zones)
    • Statistical distributions matching national agricultural patterns
  3. Quality Assurance:

    • Distribution testing (KS test, chi-square)
    • Correlation validation (rainfall-yield, fertilizer-yield, yield-price)
    • Causal consistency (DAG-based generation)
    • Multi-scale coherence (farm → state aggregations)
    • Ethical considerations (representative, unbiased)

See QUALITY_ASSURANCE.md in the repository for full methodology.

Use Cases

  • Machine Learning: Yield prediction, price forecasting, pest detection, supply chain optimization
  • Policy Analysis: Agricultural program evaluation, subsidy impact assessment, food security planning
  • Research: Climate-agriculture interactions, market dynamics, technology adoption patterns
  • Education: Teaching agricultural economics, data science applications in agriculture

Limitations

  • Synthetic data: While grounded in real distributions, individual records are not real observations
  • Simplified dynamics: Some complex interactions (e.g., multi-generational pest populations) are simplified
  • Temporal scope: Covers 2022-2025; may not reflect longer-term trends or future climate scenarios
  • Spatial resolution: State/LGA level; does not capture micro-level heterogeneity within localities

Citation

If you use this dataset, please cite:

@dataset{nigeria_agriculture_2025,
  title = {Nigeria Agriculture – Fisheries & Aquaculture},
  author = {Electric Sheep Africa},
  year = {2025},
  publisher = {Hugging Face},
  url = {https://huggingface.co/datasets/electricsheepafrica/nigerian_agriculture_fisheries_aquaculture}
}

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This dataset is part of the Nigeria Agriculture & Food Systems collection:

Contact

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Changelog

Version 1.0.0 (October 2025)

  • Initial release
  • 90,000 synthetic records
  • Quality-assured using FAO/NBS/NiMet reference data
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