ronah24/zambia-agri-insights
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# 🌾 Zambia Agricultural Insights
A data analysis project exploring crop yields, rainfall patterns, and market prices across Zambia's 10 provinces (2018–2024). Built to surface actionable insights for smallholder farmers and agri-businesses — and to complement the Tulime farmer platform.
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## 📊 Key Findings
| Finding | Detail |
|---|---|
| Best maize province | **Eastern Province** — consistently 30% above national average |
| National avg maize yield | **2.33 t/ha** (up ~17% from 2018 to 2024) |
| Highest rainfall | **Luapula Province** (~1,400mm/year) |
| Price seasonality | Maize prices peak in **October–November** (lean season) |
| El Niño impact | Visible yield drops in 2019 and 2023 across Southern & Western |
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## 📁 Project Structure
```
zambia-agri-insights/
├── src/
│ └── analysis.py # Main analysis script
├── charts/ # Generated visualizations
│ ├── 01_maize_yield_trend.png
│ ├── 02_crop_yield_comparison.png
│ ├── 03_rainfall_heatmap.png
│ ├── 04_maize_price_seasonality.png
│ └── 05_production_by_province.png
├── data/ # (Add raw CSVs here if available)
└── README.md
```
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## 📈 Visualizations
### 1. Maize Yield Trend — Top 5 Provinces
Tracks how maize productivity has improved over 7 years, province by province.
### 2. Crop Yield Comparison
Side-by-side average yield for Maize, Soybean, Groundnuts, Sorghum, and Cassava.
### 3. Rainfall Heatmap
Annual rainfall (mm) across all provinces — highlights drought-risk years at a glance.
### 4. Maize Price Seasonality
Average monthly market price for maize, showing the harvest-to-lean-season price swing.
### 5. Production by Province
Total agricultural output volume — identifies the country's most productive regions.
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## 🛠️ Tech Stack
- **Python 3.11**
- **pandas** — data wrangling and aggregation
- **matplotlib** — charting and visualization
- **seaborn** — heatmaps and statistical plots
- **numpy** — numerical operations and data simulation …