10.60507/FK2/V13Z99Kamau, HannahHannahKamau0000-0002-0555-8463Center for Development Researchbonndata2023Agricultural SciencesKamau, HannahHannahKamauCenter for Development Research2023-02-232023-09-252023-10-1710.1038/s43247-023-01062-3319499334110625972304051614178117064388181584306230725390733205222088386014648180692479218298943text/x-fixed-fieldtext/plaintext/tab-separated-valuestext/x-fixed-fieldtext/x-fixed-fieldtext/x-fixed-fieldtext/x-fixed-fieldtext/x-fixed-fieldimage/tiffimage/tifftext/x-fixed-fieldtext/x-fixed-field1.0CC0 1.0This dataset contains supplementary files for the manuscript Kamau, H., Roman, S. and Biber-Freudenberger, L. Nearly half of the world is suitable for diversified farming for sustainable intensification. Commun Earth Environ 4, 446 (2023). The data represents locations where diversified farming practices were found profitable and unprofitable in comparison to simplified farming practices and eight socio-economic variables in raster files that were used in Maximum entropy modelling to predict the global suitability of profitable diversified farming systems.