Pilot Agriculture Integrated Survey 2019, Chitwan
Nepal, 2019
Central Bureau of Statistics, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Developement
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Identification
Survey ID Number
NPL-CBS-PAGRIS-2019-v02
Title
Pilot Agriculture Integrated Survey 2019, Chitwan
Country
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Nepal | NPL |
Study type
Agricultural Survey [ag/oth]
Abstract
The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development (MoALD), and the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), with technical and financial assistance of FAO, have jointly conducted a pilot survey in the framework of AGRIS Program in Chitwan district with its affluence of agricultural diversity. It has adopted Production Method and Environment (PME) Module as rotating module along with Core Module for the pilot study as developed by FAO. Along with the piloting of the AGRISurvey Program initiated by FAO, the objective of the survey is to measure key indicators related to area and volume of agriculture production capturing the social, economic and technical dimensions of the holdings as well as providing data to monitor some farm-based indicators of Sustainable Development Goals. The statistical unit of the survey is agriculture holdings satisfying the certain specified conditions. The survey has adopted a dual approach of taking both types of agriculture activities-registered (as commercial farming) and non-registered activities operated in household and non-household sectors. Information on the household sector is collected through a representative sample of agricultural households selected with a stratified two-stage sampling design whereas a stratified simple random sample of non-household farms is selected and interviewed. The result is the outcome of collaborative efforts of all the stakeholders involved in the survey. The successful completion of the survey has also paved the way for the full-fledged implementation of AGRISurvey Program in Nepal. The results from the survey will be useful to planners, policy makers, researchers and other users.
Kind of Data
Sample survey data [ssd]
Unit of Analysis
Non-commercial holdings, Commercial holdings
Version
Version Description
v2: Edited data, second version, for internal use only.
Version Date
2022-08-23
Scope
Notes
The scope of the Pilot Agricultural Integrated Survey (AGRISurvey) includes:
Identification and general characteristics of the holding, characteristics of the holders and managers, agricultural productions - crops, livestock, production methods, fishery, agroforestry, household income other than agriculture, access to information, production shocks by disasters and weather extremes and coping mechanisms, farm labor, housing dwelling and assets, crop production methods, livestock production methods, agroforestry, access to and use of information services, infrastructure and communal resources, greenhouse gas and environmental issues, adaptation to climate change and mitigation strategies and waste management.
Identification and general characteristics of the holding, characteristics of the holders and managers, agricultural productions - crops, livestock, production methods, fishery, agroforestry, household income other than agriculture, access to information, production shocks by disasters and weather extremes and coping mechanisms, farm labor, housing dwelling and assets, crop production methods, livestock production methods, agroforestry, access to and use of information services, infrastructure and communal resources, greenhouse gas and environmental issues, adaptation to climate change and mitigation strategies and waste management.
Topics
| Topic | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Agriculture & Rural Development | World Bank |
| Food (production, crisis) | World Bank |
| Environment | World Bank |
Keywords
| Keyword |
|---|
| Agriculture |
| AGRIS |
| AGRISurvey |
| Production methods |
| Core module |
| PME module |
Coverage
Geographic Coverage
The survey provides representative data at distrit and municipality level for Chitwan district and Khairahani municipality of the Chitwan district.
Universe
The survey covers both commercial and non-commercial algriculture holdings in Chitwan district.
Producers and sponsors
Primary investigators
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Central Bureau of Statistics | Government of Nepal |
| Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Developement | Government of Nepal |
Funding Agency/Sponsor
| Name | Abbreviation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Food and Agriculture Organization of United Nations | FAO | Financial and technical supports |
Other Identifications/Acknowledgments
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Statistics Office, Chitwan | CBS | Field operation |
| Agriculture Knowledge Centre, Chitwan | MoALD | Field operation |
Data Collection
Dates of Data Collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 2019-10-01 | 2019-11-29 |
Data Collection Mode
Computer Assisted Personal Interview [capi]
Supervision
There was the provision of regular supervision from the local level as well as central level to support the fieldwork and enhance the data quality. There were four enumerators/interviwers under one enumeration supervisor to facilitate the filedwork and improve the data quality. The supervisor was also responsible for selecting the sample agriculture holding from the frame of listing form in case of non-commercial ones. The filedwork was also supervised by the Statisctics Office and Agriculture Knowledge Centre at district level. Similarly,the officials from Central Bureau of Statistics and Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development were also regularly involved for this task as central level supervisors. Follow-up supervisions from CAPI experts had markedly supported the enterviewers especially in their technical aspects.
Data Collection Notes
Pretesting of data collection tools, participatory and interactive training program, half-day field test program were carried out for building the confidence among the participants and improving the data quality.
A 3-Day Master Training of Trainers (MToT) was held for the trainers to be invoved in the enumerator's training and central level supervision to familiarize them on the agendas of data collection, its tools and quality enhancement. A 7-Day enumerator's training was held to train them on the agendas of data collection, its tools and quality enhancement.
4 enumeration supervisors and 16 enumerators were involved in the fieldwork to collect the data through Core Module and PME Module supported by CAPI technology.
Data collection took place over a period of about 8 weeks from October 1, 2019 until November 30, 2019. It took averaged 2 hours to fill a questionnaire.Mode of interview was Nepali as the selected enumeration areas were predominantly Nepali-speaking area.
Central level as well District level supportive supervision was carried out to enhance the data quality. CAPI experts regularly monitored the fieldwork to support the enumerators on their technical problems. Local Representatives supported the fieldstaffs to identify the enumration area and then accomplish the fieldwork.
A 3-Day Master Training of Trainers (MToT) was held for the trainers to be invoved in the enumerator's training and central level supervision to familiarize them on the agendas of data collection, its tools and quality enhancement. A 7-Day enumerator's training was held to train them on the agendas of data collection, its tools and quality enhancement.
4 enumeration supervisors and 16 enumerators were involved in the fieldwork to collect the data through Core Module and PME Module supported by CAPI technology.
Data collection took place over a period of about 8 weeks from October 1, 2019 until November 30, 2019. It took averaged 2 hours to fill a questionnaire.Mode of interview was Nepali as the selected enumeration areas were predominantly Nepali-speaking area.
Central level as well District level supportive supervision was carried out to enhance the data quality. CAPI experts regularly monitored the fieldwork to support the enumerators on their technical problems. Local Representatives supported the fieldstaffs to identify the enumration area and then accomplish the fieldwork.
Data Collectors
| Name | Abbreviation | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| Central Bureau of Statistics | CBS | Government of Nepal |
Questionnaires
Questionnaires
Listing Form containing structured items with preliminary information such as name of holder, address, contact number, area cultivated, number of livestock and poultry raised and so on was administered for listing the agriculture holdings within the predefined criteria.
Questionnaire in Nepali Language comprising Core Module and Production Method and Environment (PME) Module was administered for capturing the deatailed information on agricultural activities of the both commercial and non-commercial holdings.
The questionniare is based on the standard model recommendated by AGRISurvey Program of the Food and Agricuture Organization (FAO) It was modified to address the Nepalese context as per the series of stakeholders' meetings.
The questionnaire has eight sections: seven under Core Module and one under PME Module.
The Survey Questionnaire with Core Module contains the items like holding identification, demografic information (for non-commercial holding), land use and land tenure, area of cultivation and crop production, status of irrigation, use of agricultural inputs, employment status, current and capital expenses of holding and source of information for agricutural activities and so on.
The PME Module contains the items like source of energy used by holding, livestock production method, organic manure management practices, acess and use of information, infrastructure and public resources by the holding, solid waste management practices, strategies to cope with the effect of natural disasters and climate change and so on.
The questionnaire and the listing forms administered in the survey are provided as external resources.
Questionnaire in Nepali Language comprising Core Module and Production Method and Environment (PME) Module was administered for capturing the deatailed information on agricultural activities of the both commercial and non-commercial holdings.
The questionniare is based on the standard model recommendated by AGRISurvey Program of the Food and Agricuture Organization (FAO) It was modified to address the Nepalese context as per the series of stakeholders' meetings.
The questionnaire has eight sections: seven under Core Module and one under PME Module.
The Survey Questionnaire with Core Module contains the items like holding identification, demografic information (for non-commercial holding), land use and land tenure, area of cultivation and crop production, status of irrigation, use of agricultural inputs, employment status, current and capital expenses of holding and source of information for agricutural activities and so on.
The PME Module contains the items like source of energy used by holding, livestock production method, organic manure management practices, acess and use of information, infrastructure and public resources by the holding, solid waste management practices, strategies to cope with the effect of natural disasters and climate change and so on.
The questionnaire and the listing forms administered in the survey are provided as external resources.
Data Processing
Data Editing
The enumeration of the Pilot Agriculture Integrated Survey was conducted by CBS using tablets with CSPro version as a CAPI method of choice. The supervisors were collected the filled-up questionnaires from enumerators using CAPIs in a flash drive in every second day and send to CBS through email and dropbox. The IT staff in CBS was responsible for compiling and managing the filled-up questionnaires received from the supervisors from the field. The supervisors were allowed to send the collected information to the IT staff in CBS after ensuring the completion of the questionnaires and thoroughly reviewing all the information captured in the tablet. Data processing system was centralized in this survey. In this survey, IT staff in CBS had more advantage of accessing the data immediately. If any inconsistences were found in data it was informed immediately to the field team so that field staff could confirm the issues before leaving the EA.
Other Processing
As a general practices in CBS, the CSPro (Census and Survey Processing) package was used for data management including the data editing and data cleaning of the survey. If some information were found doubtful during data cleaning, data validation was performed by direct contacting the farmers through phone calls. Once the data quality was ensured, the data processing, tabulation, analysis and summarizations were mostly done using the statistical software package SPSS.
Access policy
Access authority
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director General | Central Bureau of Statistics | dg@cbs.gov.np | https://cbs.gov.np/ |
Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director of Publication, Dissemination and Library Section | Central Bureau of Statistics | microdata@cbs.gov.np | www.cbs.gov.np |
Confidentiality
Confidentiality of the respondents is guaranteed by article 8 of Statistics Act 1958. Restriction on publication of information and details: Any information or details relating to any person, family, firm or company, which have been supplied, obtained or prepared pursuant to Section 3 or Section 4 or Section 5 or Section 6 or Section 7 or any part of such information or details, shall not be disclosed or published directly except to the Director General or to any other officer of the Bureau without the written permission of the person or of his or her authorized representative supplying such information or details.
Access conditions
The dataset is available for internal use only, i.e. not accessible for public use.
Citation requirements
Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Nepal. Pilot Agriculture Integrated Survey 2019, Chitwan. Dataset downloaded from microdata catalog: https://microdata.cbs.gov.np/index.php/catalog on [date], or obtained from CBS, Nepal on [date].
Disclaimer and copyrights
Disclaimer
The Central Bureau of Statistics, Nepal bears no responsibility for any outcomes or for interpretations or inferences arising from the use of the dataset, or use of the information provided on the study.
Copyright
(c) 2019, Central Bureau of Statistics, Government of Nepal
Metadata production
DDI Document ID
DDI-NPL-CBS-PAGRIS-2019-v02
Producers
| Name | Abbreviation | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Bureau of Statistics | CBS | Government of Nepal | Documentation of the study |
Date of Metadata Production
2021-06-20
DDI Document version
Version 01 (June 2021 ): Original documentation of the study.
Version 02 (Aug 2022): The data access policy is revised.
Version 02 (Aug 2022): The data access policy is revised.