electricsheepafrica/africa-rwanda-season-b-fertilizer-and-pesticide-use-eec39349

Season B: Fertilizer and Pesticide Use | Africa (Rwanda Data Sharing Platform - NISR)

19,965 rows - 1 Africa country - 2023-09-04-2024-02-26 - Repackaged by Electric Sheep Africa

TL;DR

This dataset packages one public table from Rwanda's official Data Sharing Platform as ML-ready Parquet. The source package is the provenance boundary: all usable source columns from this table stay together in this repo.

About the source

• Source: Season B: Fertilizer and Pesticide Use
• Publisher: NISR
• Portal: Rwanda Data Sharing Platform
• Dataset ID: db65e6f3-3a63-49fb-91d2-8567ea496416
• Schema: sas_2024
• Table: sas_2024_seasonB_fertilizer_pesticide
• Sectors: National Statistics, Agriculture
• Source tags: Microdata
• Period: 2023-09-04-2024-02-26
• Resource: CSV package
• License: CC BY 4.0
• Packaging mode: tabular_resource

Source description

Summary: This table presents plot-level data on fertilizer and pesticide use during Season B (March – June 2024) of the 2023/2024 Seasonal Agricultural Survey (SAS) conducted by the National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda. Each record represents a specific agricultural plot and the inputs applied to it by the farming household during the reference season. The table includes information on organic fertilizer use (sources and purchase costs), inorganic fertilizer use (supplier, type, quantity, unit price, and targeted crops), micro-nutrient application, and pesticide and fungicide use, capturing up to four products per plot with details on type, quantity, and expenditure. Geographic Coverage: National coverage across Rwanda, including all provinces and districts, reflecting input use in both rural and peri-urban farming contexts. Time Period: Season B of the 2023/2024 agricultural year, covering the period from March to June 2024. Frequency: Seasonal (three times per year: Seasons A, B, and C). Population/Units: Agricultural plots managed by small-scale and large-scale farming households in Rwanda. Key Variables: Organic fertilizer sources and costs, inorganic fertilizer type and quantity, supplier information, unit prices, targeted crops, micro-nutrient use, pesticide and fungicide type, quantity applied, and total expenditure. Purpose: The table supports analysis of agricultural input use, adoption patterns, supply chains, and farming expenditure at the plot and household level, contributing to agricultural planning and policy development. Data Quality Notes: The data reflect reported input use at the plot level for surveyed households and may not fully represent all farming activities nationwide. Reporting accuracy and coverage may vary across regions and respondents.

Geographic coverage

1 Africa country:

Country	Rows	First year	Last year	Name
RWA	19,965	n/a	n/a	Rwanda

Indicators or Resource Contents

• This source package is published as a normalized tabular resource.

Schema

Column	Type	Description	Example
source_record_id	string	Stable row identifier assigned during Electric Sheep Africa packaging.	db65e6f3-3a63-49fb-91d2-8567ea496416:0
country_iso3	string	ISO3 country code.	RWA
country_name	string	Country name.	Rwanda
id	int64	Row ID	1
segment_id	int64	Segment identifier	12001
s1q1	string	Province Name	Kigali
s1q2	string	District Name	Gasabo
s1q3	string	Stratum classification	Large Scale Farmer/LSF
s1q4	int64	Identification number of the segment or large-scale farmer (LSF)	1
s1q6	int64	Unique identification number of the farmer or large-scale farmer	55
s1q7	string	Category of farmer (small-scale farmer or large-scale farmer)	Large scale farmer as individual
s1q8	string	Gender	Male
s1q9	float64	Age	68.0
s1q14	string	Indicates whether the farmer personally responded to the interview	No
s1q17	string	Relationship of the respondent to the farmer	Manager
s1q17_o	string	Other specified relationship of the respondent to the farmer	``
s2q1	int64	Plot number	1
s2q2	float64	Plot area (m2)	172737.17
s2q2_ha	float64	Plot area (ha)	17.27372
s3q1	string	Indicates whether organic fertilizer was used on any of the farmer's plots during the season	Yes
s3q2_1	string	Primary source of organic fertilizer used	Own preparation
s3q2_2	string	Secondary source of organic fertilizer used	``
s3q2_3	string	Tertiary source of organic fertilizer used	``
s3q3	string	Indicates whether organic fertilizer was used on this specific plot during the season	Yes
s3q4	float64	Total cost of organic fertilizer purchased (RWF)	``
s3q5	string	Indicates whether the quantity of organic fertilizer used was sufficient	Yes
s3q6_1	string	First main reason the organic fertilizer quantity was not sufficient	``
s3q6_2	string	Second main reason the organic fertilizer quantity was not sufficient	``
s3q7	string	Indicates whether inorganic fertilizer was used on any of the farmer's plots during the season	Yes
s3q8	string	Main source or supplier of inorganic fertilizer used	Agro-dealers
s3q9	string	Indicates whether inorganic fertilizer was used on this specific plot during the season	Yes
s3q10	string	Type of inorganic fertilizer used (e.g. DAP Urea NPK)	DAP
s3q10_o	string	Other type of inorganic fertilizer used	``
s3q11	string	Measurement unit of inorganic fertilizer (e.g. kg )	Kg;
s3q12	float64	Total quantity of inorganic fertilizer used on this plot	2125.0
s3q13	float64	Quantity of inorganic fertilizer purchased and used on this plot	2125.0
s3q14	float64	Unit price of inorganic fertilizer (RWF)	722.0
s3q15	string	Main crop(s) targeted for inorganic fertilizer application	Maize for fodder
s3q16	string	Indicates whether any micro-nutrients were used on any of the farmer's plots during the season	No
s3q17	string	Indicates whether micro-nutrients were used on this specific plot during the season	No
s3q18	string	Indicates whether pesticide or fungicide was used on any of the farmer's plots during the season	Yes
s3q19	string	Indicates whether pesticide or fungicide was used on this specific plot during the season	Yes
s3q201	string	Type of first pesticide or fungicide used on this plot	Rocket
s3q20_o1	string	Other name for the first pesticide or fungicide type	``
s3q211	string	Measurement unit for first pesticide or fungicide	L,
s3q221	float64	Total quantity of first pesticide or fungicide used on this plot	12.75
s3q231	float64	Quantity of first pesticide or fungicide purchased and used on this plot	12.75
s3q241	float64	Total amount spent on first pesticide or fungicide (RWF)	153000.0
s3q202	string	Type of second pesticide or fungicide used on this plot	``
s3q20_o2	string	Other name for the second pesticide or fungicide type	``
s3q212	string	Measurement unit for second pesticide or fungicide	``
s3q222	float64	Total quantity of second pesticide or fungicide used on this plot	``
s3q232	float64	Quantity of second pesticide or fungicide purchased and used on this plot	``
s3q242	float64	Total amount spent on second pesticide or fungicide (RWF)	``
s3q203	string	Type of third pesticide or fungicide used on this plot	``
s3q20_o3	string	Other name for the third pesticide or fungicide type	``
s3q213	string	Measurement unit for third pesticide or fungicide	``
s3q223	float64	Total quantity of third pesticide or fungicide used on this plot	``
s3q233	float64	Quantity of third pesticide or fungicide purchased and used on this plot	``
s3q243	float64	Total amount spent on third pesticide or fungicide (RWF)	``
s3q204	string	Type of fourth pesticide or fungicide used on this plot	``
s3q20_o4	string	Other name for the fourth pesticide or fungicide type	``
s3q214	string	Measurement unit for fourth pesticide or fungicide	``
s3q224	float64	Total quantity of fourth pesticide or fungicide used on this plot	``
s3q234	float64	Quantity of fourth pesticide or fungicide purchased and used on this plot	``
s3q244	float64	Total amount spent on fourth pesticide or fungicide (RWF)	``
plot_weight	float64	Statistical plot weight for deriving nationally representative estimates	1.0
source_provider	string	Publishing organization.	NISR
source_dataset	string	Source dataset title.	Season B: Fertilizer and Pesticide Use
source_resource	string	Source table name.	sas_2024_seasonB_fertilizer_pesticide
source_package_id	string	Rwanda Data Sharing Platform dataset UUID.	db65e6f3-3a63-49fb-91d2-8567ea496416
source_resource_id	string	Rwanda Data Sharing Platform dataset UUID.	db65e6f3-3a63-49fb-91d2-8567ea496416
source_url	string	Original source download URL.	https://api.data.gov.rw/api/v1/datasets/public/db65e6f3-3a63-49fb-91d2-...
license_id	string	Source license identifier.	cc-by-4.0
retrieved_at	string	UTC retrieval timestamp.	2026-07-18T11:48:51Z

Usage

from datasets import load_dataset

ds = load_dataset("electricsheepafrica/africa-rwanda-season-b-fertilizer-and-pesticide-use-eec39349")
df = ds["train"].to_pandas()
print(df.head())

Filter to Rwanda

rwanda = df[df["country_iso3"] == "RWA"]

Work with indicators

if "indicator_id" in df.columns:
    print(df["indicator_id"].value_counts().head())
    sample = df.sort_values([c for c in ["indicator_id", "year"] if c in df.columns])

Citation

@misc{electric_sheep_africa_africa_rwanda_season_b_fertilizer_and_pesticide_use_eec39349_2026,
  title        = {Season B: Fertilizer and Pesticide Use | Africa (Rwanda Data Sharing Platform - NISR)},
  author       = {NISR},
  year         = {2026},
  url          = {https://api.data.gov.rw/api/v1/datasets/public/db65e6f3-3a63-49fb-91d2-8567ea496416},
  publisher    = {HuggingFace Datasets, repackaged by Electric Sheep Africa},
  howpublished = {\url{https://huggingface.co/datasets/electricsheepafrica/africa-rwanda-season-b-fertilizer-and-pesticide-use-eec39349}}
}

License

Released under CC BY 4.0.

Original data (c) NISR. When using this dataset, please cite both the original source above and the Electric Sheep Africa repackaging.

About Electric Sheep

Electric Sheep Africa is part of the Electric Sheep mission: a unified, ML-ready data layer for Africa on Hugging Face. We pull data from authoritative open sources, normalize the schemas, package as Parquet, and publish with consistent dataset cards so researchers and developers can use load_dataset() to start working in seconds.

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Provenance: ingested 2026-07-18 via the Electric Sheep pipeline. Source URL: https://api.data.gov.rw/api/v1/datasets/public/db65e6f3-3a63-49fb-91d2-8567ea496416/download?format=csv