ronah24/zambia-agri-insights

# 🌾 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. --- ## 📊 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 | --- ## 📁 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 ``` --- ## 📈 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. --- ## 🛠️ 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 …