Summary

In this article, we present HarvestStat Africa, the largest and most comprehensive collection of open-access subnational crop statistics for Sub-Saharan Africa to date. HarvestStat Africa encompasses detailed information on specific crop types, growing seasons, and crop production systems, among other aspects. All crop statis-tics are harmonized and geolocated to produce consistent and continuous time-series of crop yield, harvested area, and quantity produced. HarvestStat Africa is an open-access, transparent, and standardized compilation of subnational data intended for use in both a research and operational context. The release of the HarvestStat Africa dataset represents the first step in a new generation of community-generated datasets and databases that promote open science through the free and public sharing of subnational crop statistics.