Subject	Agricultural Sciences
Specific subject area	Agroecology and food systems providing data on economic, environmental, and social indicators of sustainability in primarily mixed and agropastoral farming systems.
Data format	Raw, Analyzed
Type of data	Raw data: .csv file (data on 178 variables for 619 farms) .pdf file (codebook containing description of variables) Analyzed data: Table, Chart/Graph, Figure
Data collection	This dataset contains economic, environmental, and social indicators of sustainability. The data were gathered using the Tool for Agroecological Performance Evaluation (TAPE) developed by the FAO [1]. Primary data on basic socio-demographic, economic, institutional, social and ecological dimensions of agroecological performance were generated using a survey questionnaire uploaded on Kobo Toolbox (on a smart device). The data collection and overall field work were supported by the FAO, and supervised by the researchers and local research translation partners. The data contained herein refers to a randomly selected 619 smallholder farms located in four districts of Ethiopia.
Data source location	Haramaya University (eastern Ethiopia) and FAO are the owners of the data described herein. The field-based data collection was carried out in Oromia and Southern Nations, Nationalities and People's (SNNP) regions of the country.
Data accessibility	Repository name: Mendeley Data Data identification number: DOI: 10.17632/tsdp553dsm.2 Direct URL to data: https://data.mendeley.com/datasets/tsdp553dsm/2